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Mesanthura Barnard, 1914 
AphiaID: 205305

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Isopoda (Order) > Cymothoida (Suborder) > Anthuroidea (Superfamily) > Anthuridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Mesanthura catenula (Stimpson, 1855)
Parent Anthuridae Leach, 1814
Sources  basis of record: Kensley, B. & M. Schotte (2000). New species and records of anthuridean crustaceans from the Indian Ocean. Journal of Natural History 34: 2057-2121. [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]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Mesanthura adrianae Negoescu, 1999
Species Mesanthura affinis (Chilton, 1882)
Species Mesanthura albinotata Thomson, 1951
Species Mesanthura albolineata Barnard, 1925
Species Mesanthura asiatica Müller, 1993
Species Mesanthura astelia Poore & Lew Ton, 1986
Species Mesanthura atrata Nunomura, 1985
Species Mesanthura bermudensis Kensley, 1994
Species Mesanthura bipunctata Thomson, 1951
Species Mesanthura bivittata Kensley, 1987
Species Mesanthura brasiliensis Koening, 1980
Species Mesanthura callicera Pires, 1981
Species Mesanthura catenula (Stimpson, 1855)
Species Mesanthura cinctula Nunomura, 2006
Species Mesanthura crucis (Barnard, 1925)
Species Mesanthura dianella Poore & Lew Ton, 1986
Species Mesanthura excelsa Pires, 1981
Species Mesanthura fasciata Kensley, 1982
Species Mesanthura floridensis Menzies & Kruczynski, 1983
Species Mesanthura frances Kensley, Ortiz & Schotte, 1997
Species Mesanthura gerlachi Wägele, 1981
Species Mesanthura hieroglyphica Miller & Menzies, 1952
Species Mesanthura hopkinsi Hooker, 1985
Species Mesanthura javensis Wägele, 1984
Species Mesanthura kiliani Müller, 1993
Species Mesanthura libertia Poore & Lew Ton, 1986
Species Mesanthura looensis Kensley & Schotte, 1987
Species Mesanthura miersi (Haswell, 1885)
Species Mesanthura miyakoensis Nunomura, 1979
Species Mesanthura moroea Poore & Lew Ton, 1986
Species Mesanthura nigra Müller, 1993
Species Mesanthura nigrodorsalis Nunomura, 1977
Species Mesanthura nubifera Wägele, 1984
Species Mesanthura occidentalis Menzies & Barnard, 1959
Species Mesanthura ocellata Barnard, 1925
Species Mesanthura pascuaensis Kensley, 2003
Species Mesanthura paucidens Menzies & Glynn, 1968
Species Mesanthura protei Kensley, 1980
Species Mesanthura pulchra Barnard, 1925
Species Mesanthura punctillata Kensley, 1982
Species Mesanthura quadrata Kensley & Schotte, 2000
Species Mesanthura reticulata Kensley, 1982
Species Mesanthura romulea Poore & Lew Ton, 1986
Species Mesanthura spongicola Kensley & Heard, 1991
Species Mesanthura stypandra Poore & Lew Ton, 1986

Species Mesanthura maculata auctorum (nomen dubium, misidentification by various authors of undescribed species)

Species Mesanthura calaena Poore & Lew Ton, 1986 accepted as Chelanthura calaena (Poore & Lew Ton, 1986)
Species Mesanthura childi Kensley, 1979 accepted as Apanthura childi (Kensley, 1979)
Species Mesanthura dimorpha Kensley, 1982 accepted as Apanthura dimorpha (Kensley, 1982)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205305
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1998-01-19 08:00:10Z  created  Fondo, Esther
2001-11-01 11:37:13Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-25 06:54:45Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2007-11-28 15:20:16Z  checked  Schotte, Marilyn
2009-02-20 10:38:06Z  changed  Poore, Gary
  
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  Citation: Poore, G.; Schotte, M. (2013). Mesanthura Barnard, 1914. 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=205305 on 2013-05-23
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