Tylos (crustacean)
Genus of woodlice
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Tylos is a genus of woodlice in the family Tylidae.[1][2][3][4][5] All the species in this family can roll up into a perfect ball and live on sandy beaches.[6]
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| Tylos punctatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Oniscidea |
| Family: | Tylidae |
| Genus: | Tylos Audouin, 1826 |
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Species
There are 22 recognized species:[1]
- Tylos albidus Budde-Lund, 1885
- Tylos australis Lewis & Bishop, 1990
- Tylos capensis Krauss, 1843
- Tylos chilensis Schultz, 1983
- Tylos europaeus Arcangeli, 1938
- Tylos exiguus Stebbing, 1910
- Tylos granulatus Krauss, 1843
- Tylos granuliferus Budde-Lund, 1885
- Tylos madeirae Arcangeli, 1938
- Tylos maindroni Giordani Soika, 1954
- Tylos marcuzzii Giordani Soika, 1954
- Tylos minor Dollfus, 1893
- Tylos negroi López-Orozco, Carpio-Díaz & Campos-Filho, 2022
- Tylos neozelanicus Chilton, 1901
- Tylos niveus Budde-Lund, 1885
- Tylos nudulus Budde-Lund, 1906
- Tylos opercularis Budde-Lund, 1885
- Tylos ponticus Grebnitzky, 1873
- Tylos punctatus Holmes & Gay, 1909
- Tylos spinulosus Dana, 1853
- Tylos tantabiddy Lewis, 1991
- Tylos wegeneri Vandel, 1952
