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Deep-Sea taxon details

Rectarcturus Schultz, 1981

AphiaID

174751 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174751)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Rectarcturidae Poore, 2001

Parent

Rectarcturidae Poore, 2001

Original name

Rectarcturus Schultz, 1981

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Species Rectarcturus antarcticus Poore & Black, 2024
Species Rectarcturus tuberculatus Schultz, 1981
Species Rectarcturus titaniae Kussakin & Vasina, 1995 accepted as Antarcturidae incertae sedis titaniae Kussakin & Vasina, 1995 (superseded original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Schultz, G. A. (1981). Biology of the Antarctic seas X. 3. Arcturidae from the Antarctic and southern seas (Isopoda, Valvifera) Part I. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 32: 63-94. [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Boyko, C.B.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Rectarcturus Schultz, 1981. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174751 on 2025-05-23

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Rectarcturus Schultz, 1981. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174751 on 2025-05-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-14 07:53:52Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2007-11-28 15:20:16Z

checked

Schotte, Marilyn

2008-08-26 11:28:58Z

changed

Poore, Gary C.B.

2009-02-20 10:38:06Z

changed

Poore, Gary C.B.

2023-03-15 01:57:16Z

changed

Poore, Gary C.B.

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original description Schultz, G. A. (1981). Biology of the Antarctic seas X. 3. Arcturidae from the Antarctic and southern seas (Isopoda, Valvifera) Part I. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 32: 63-94. [details] Available for editors

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]

Unreviewed

Classification belongs to familt Arcturidae according to RAMS [details]

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