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Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916 
AphiaID: 118265

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Isopoda (Order) > Asellota (Suborder) > Janiroidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Typetaxon Nannoniscus G. O. Sars, 1870 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Janiroidea
Sources  basis of record: Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley, and S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA., available online at http://invertebrates.si.edu/isopod/ [details]

additional source: Martin, J.W.; Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA). vii, 123 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

redescription: Wilson, G.D.F. 2008. A review of taxonomic concepts in the Nannoniscidae (Isopoda, Asellota), with a key to the genera and a description of Nannoniscus oblongus Sars. Zootaxa 1680: 1-24 (14 Jan. 2008) , available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01680p024.pdf [details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Genus Austroniscus Vanhöffen, 1914
Genus Exiliniscus Siebenaller & Hessler, 1981
Genus Hebefustis Siebenaller & Hessler, 1977
Genus Leutziniscus
Genus Micromesus Birstein, 1963
Genus Nannoniscoides Hansen, 1916
Genus Nannonisconus Schultz, 1966
Genus Nannoniscus G. O. Sars, 1870
Genus Nymphodora Kaiser, 2009
Genus Panetela Siebenaller & Hessler, 1981
Genus Rapaniscus Siebenaller & Hessler, 1981
Genus Regabellator Siebenaller & Hessler, 1981
Genus Thaumastasoma
Genus Thaumastosoma Hessler, 1970

Genus Nannoniscella Hansen, 1916 accepted as Austroniscus Vanhöffen, 1914
Genus Nannoniscella George, 2001 accepted as Nannoniscella Hansen, 1916 accepted as Austroniscus Vanhöffen, 1914
Genus Saetoniscus Brandt, 2002 accepted as Nannoniscus G. O. Sars, 1870
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Cosmopolitan (World Oceans) [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118265
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2005-05-02 12:40:44Z  changed  Cuvelier, Daphne
2007-11-27 17:31:00Z  checked  Schotte, Marilyn
2008-01-14 21:28:17Z  changed  Wilson, George D.F.
  
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  Citation: Wilson, George D.F. ; Schotte, M. (2013). Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916. In: Schotte, M.; Boyko, C.B; Bruce, N.L.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. & Wilson, G.D.F. (Eds) (2013) World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118265 on 2013-05-23
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