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Leptanthura laevigata (Stimpson, 1855) 
AphiaID: 118503

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Isopoda (Order) > Cymothoida (Suborder) > Anthuroidea (Superfamily) > Leptanthuridae (Family) > Leptanthura (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Leptanthura Sars, 1897
Synonymised
taxa
  Anthura laevigata Stimpson, 1855 (basionym)
Leptanthura faurei Barnard, 1914 (junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Stimpson W. (1855). Descriptions of some new marine invertebrata. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 7 (10): 385-395 [details]

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]

basis of record: Barnard, K.H. (1925). A Revision of the Family Anthuridae (Crustacea Isopoda), with Remarks on certain Morphological Peculiarities. Journ. Limn. Soc (London) (Zool.) 36: 109-160. (look up in IMIS[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]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Mozambique [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Isopod Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Depth range: 15-1360 [details]

distribution: Orange River mouth to Mozambique Channel, 42-1360 m (Kensley, 1982) [details]

type locality: False Bay, South Africa [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118503
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-03 13:02:48Z  checked  Schotte, Marilyn
2009-02-20 10:38:06Z  changed  Poore, Gary
  
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  Citation: Poore, G.; Schotte, M. (2013). Leptanthura laevigata (Stimpson, 1855). 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=118503 on 2013-05-22
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