WoRMS taxon details
Austroarcturus similis (Barnard, 1925)
259195 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:259195)
accepted
Species
Antarcturus similis Barnard, 1925 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Antarcturus similis Barnard, 1925) Barnard, K.H. (1925). Contributions to the crustacean fauna of South Africa. No. 9. Further additions to the list of Isopoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 20: 381-410., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40651508 [details] Available for editors 
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Depth range 15-240
distribution Saldanha Bay to Cape Point, South Africa 73-22 m
distribution Luderitz, Namibia to East London, South Africa, 15-24 m (Kensley, 1978)
Depth range 15-240 [details]
distribution Saldanha Bay to Cape Point, South Africa 73-22 m
distribution Saldanha Bay to Cape Point, South Africa 73-22 m [details]
distribution Luderitz, Namibia to East London, South Africa, 15-24 m (Kensley, 1978)
distribution Luderitz, Namibia to East London, South Africa, 15-24 m (Kensley, 1978) [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Austroarcturus similis (Barnard, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=259195 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Antarcturus similis Barnard, 1925) Barnard, K.H. (1925). Contributions to the crustacean fauna of South Africa. No. 9. Further additions to the list of Isopoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 20: 381-410., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40651508 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
[request]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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Antarcturus similis Barnard, 1925) SAfM A5951-A5955, verbatimGeounit South Africa. Cape S... [details]
