Deto is a genus of woodlice in the family Detonidae. Members of this genus can be found along the coasts in areas of New Zealand, Namibia, South Africa and Australia.Schmalfuss, H. (2003). World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A, 654: 1-341., available online at http://www-alt.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/stuttgart/pdf/a_pdf/A654.pdf
Species As of 2019, five species of Deto are accepted by the World Register of Marine Species.Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S.; Schotte, M.; Wilson, G.D.F. (Eds) (2008 onwards). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Deto Guérin-Méneville, 1836. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248686 on 2019-06-27 Additionally, one species, Deto spinicornis, is listed as nomen dubium.
Deto aucklandiae (Thomson, 1879) Deto bucculenta (Nicolet, 1849) Deto echinata Guérin-Méneville, 1836 Deto marina (Chilton, 1885) Deto whitei Kinahan, 1859
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