original description
(of Asellus tomalensis Harford, 1877) Harford, W. G. W. (1877). Description of a new genus and three new species of sessile-eyed Crustacea. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 7: 53-55., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3180236 [details]
basis of record
Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
From editor or global species database
type locality California, USA [details]