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Limnoriidae White, 1850 
AphiaID: 118275

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Isopoda (Order) > Limnoriidea (Suborder) > Limnorioidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Edited by Database Management Team
Rank Family
Parent Limnorioidea
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in IMIS) [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]

additional source: Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 41: 47-114 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Brandt, A. and Poore, G.C.B. (2003). Higher classification of the flabelliferan and related Isopoda based on a reappraisal of relationships. Invertebrate Systematics 17: 893-923. [details]

additional source: 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]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Swedish borrgråsuggor  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Genus Limnoria Leach, 1814
Genus Lynseia Poore, 1987
Genus Paralimnoria Menzies, 1957
Genus Phycolimnoria Menzies, 1957
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118275
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2005-05-02 12:40:44Z  changed  Cuvelier, Daphne
2007-11-27 17:31:00Z  checked  Schotte, Marilyn
2008-01-31 17:05:46Z  changed  Haskins, Tina
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Limnoriidae. 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=118275 on 2013-06-20
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