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 <small>Ferrara, 1974</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i</sup></span>
- Tylos albidus <small>Budde-Lund, 1879</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Tylos australis <small>Lewis & Bishop, 1990</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Tylos capensis <small>Krauss, 1843</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Tylos chilensis <small>Schultz, 1983</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Tylos cilicius <small>Verhoeff, 1941</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i</sup></span>
- Tylos europaeus <small>Arcangeli, 1938</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Tylos exiguus <small>Stebbing, 1910</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Tylos granulatus <small>Krauss, 1843</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Tylos granuliferus <small>Budde-Lund, 1885</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Tylos latreillei <small>Audouin, 1826</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i g</sup></span>
- Tylos madeirae <small>Arcangeli, 1938</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Tylos maindroni <small>Giordani Soika, 1954</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Tylos maindronii <small>Soika, 1954</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i</sup></span>
- Tylos marcuzzii <small>Soika, 1954</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Tylos minor <small>Dollfus, 1893</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Tylos neozelanicus <small>Chilton, 1901</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Tylos niveus <small>Budde-Lund, 1885</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Tylos nudulus <small>Budde-Lund, 1906</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Tylos ochri <small>Roman, 1977</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i</sup></span>
- Tylos opercularis <small>Budde-Lund, 1885</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Tylos ponticus <small>Grebnitsky, 1874</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Tylos punctatus <small>Holmes & Gay, 1909</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span>
- Tylos sardous <small>Arcangeli, 1938</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i</sup></span>
- Tylos spinulosus <small>Dana, 1853</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Tylos tantabiddy <small>Lewis, 1991</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Tylos wegeneri <small>Vandel, 1952</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>
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