Heterias

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Isopoda
Subordo: Asellota
Superfamilia: Janiroidea

Familia: Janiridae
Genus: Heterias
Subgenera: H. (Fritzianira) – H. (Heterias)
Name

Heterias Richardson, 1904

Type species: Janirella pusilla Sayce, 1900
Synonyms

Janirella Sayce, 1900 (nom. praeocc.)
Pseudasellus Chappuis, 1951: by Williams, 1968
Fritzianira Castro et Lima, 1977 (valid in subordinate rank): by Bowman, Prins et Arenas, 1987

References

Bowman, T.E., R. Prins & J. Arenas (1987). The occurrence of the freshwater isopod Heterias (Fritzianira) exul in the Lakes Region of Chile with notes on the genus Heterias (Asellota: Janiridae). Hydrobiologia 146 (3): 275–281.
Richardson, H. (1904). Contribution to the natural history of the Isopoda. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 27: 1–89.
Williams, W.D. (1968). Australian Freshwater Life - The Invertebrates of Australian Inland Waters. Sun Books, Melbourne, x+262 pp.
Wilson, G.D.F. & J.-W. Wägele (1994). Review of the family Janiridae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8 (3): 683–747.