Tylos (crustacean)

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

Species

These 27 species belong to the genus Tylos:Tylos africanus Ferrara, 1974ⁱTylos albidus Budde-Lund, 1879^{i c g}Tylos australis Lewis & Bishop, 1990^{i c g}Tylos capensis Krauss, 1843^{i c g}Tylos chilensis Schultz, 1983^{i c g}Tylos cilicius Verhoeff, 1941ⁱTylos europaeus Arcangeli, 1938^{i c g}Tylos exiguus Stebbing, 1910^{i c g}Tylos granulatus Krauss, 1843^{i c g}Tylos granuliferus Budde-Lund, 1885^{i c g}Tylos latreillei Audouin, 1826^{i g}Tylos madeirae Arcangeli, 1938^{c g}Tylos maindroni Giordani Soika, 1954^{c g}Tylos maindronii Soika, 1954ⁱTylos marcuzzii Soika, 1954^{i c g}Tylos minor Dollfus, 1893^{i c g}Tylos neozelanicus Chilton, 1901^{i c g}Tylos niveus Budde-Lund, 1885^{i c g}Tylos nudulus Budde-Lund, 1906^{i c g}Tylos ochri Roman, 1977ⁱTylos opercularis Budde-Lund, 1885^{i c g}Tylos ponticus Grebnitsky, 1874^{i c g}Tylos punctatus Holmes & Gay, 1909^{i c g b}Tylos sardous Arcangeli, 1938ⁱTylos spinulosus Dana, 1853^{i c g}Tylos tantabiddy Lewis, 1991^{i c g}Tylos wegeneri Vandel, 1952^{i c g}
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net