Tylos (crustacean)

Tylos
Tylos punctatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Oniscidea
Family: Tylidae
Genus: Tylos
Audouin, 1826

Tylos is a genus of woodlice in the family Tylidae. There are at least 20 described species in Tylos.[1][2][3][4] All the species in this family can roll up into a perfect ball and live on sandy beaches.[5]

Tylos punctatus
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  5. ^ Schmalfuss, Helmut & Vergara, Katy (31 August 2000). "The isopod genus Tylos (Oniscidea: Tylidae) in Chile, with bibliographies of all described species of the genus". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie). 612: 1–42.

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