''Onchotelson'' is a genus of
isopod
Isopoda is an order of crustaceans that includes woodlice and their relatives. Isopods live in the sea, in fresh water, or on land. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, an ...
crustaceans in the family
Phreatoicidae
Phreatoicidae is a family (biology), family of blind, freshwater isopods. They have survived apparently unchanged for 350 million years, and are only found in South Africa, India, Australia and New Zealand. They were first found near Christchurch ...
, which is endemic to
Tasmania. It contains two species, both of which are listed as
vulnerable
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* Vulnerability (computing)
* Vulnerable adult
* Vulnerable species
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on the
IUCN Red List:
*''Onchotelson brevicaudatus''
(Smith, 1909)
*''Onchotelson spatulatus''
Nicholls, 1944
References
Isopod genera
Freshwater crustaceans of Australia
Invertebrates of Tasmania
Endemic fauna of Australia
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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