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Mesanthura catenula (Stimpson, 1855) 
AphiaID: 211378

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Isopoda (Order) > Cymothoida (Suborder) > Anthuroidea (Superfamily) > Anthuridae (Family) > Mesanthura (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Mesanthura Barnard, 1914
Parent Mesanthura Barnard, 1914
Synonymised
taxa
  Anthura catenula Stimpson, 1855 (basionym)
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: 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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To ITIS
Notes  Depth range: intertidal - 4 [details]

distribution: Table Bay to East London, South Africa [details]

type locality: False Bay, South Africa [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211378
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1998-01-19 08:00:10Z  created  Fondo, Esther
1998-11-05 12:53:55Z  changed  Fondo, Esther
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). Mesanthura catenula (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=211378 on 2013-05-24
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