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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAbyssianira Menzies, 1956 
AphiaID: 248358

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorArthropoda (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCrustacea (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMulticrustacea (Superclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMalacostraca (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEumalacostraca (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPeracarida (Superorder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorIsopoda (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAsellota (Suborder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorJaniroidea (Superfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorParamunnidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAbyssianira (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Genus
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorParamunnidae Vanhöffen, 1914
Sources  original description Menzies, R. J. (1956) New abyssal tropical Atlantic isopods, with observations on their biology. American Museum Novitates 1798: 1-16. [details]

identification resource Doti, B. and Roccatagliata, D. (2006). On the Atlantic species of the genus Abyssianira Menzies, 1956 (Isopoda: Asellota: Paramunnidae). Zootaxa. 1252: 1-35., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/z01252p035f.pdf [details]

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[sort alpha..]		 Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAbyssianira acutiloba Doti & Roccatagliata, 2006
Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAbyssianira argentenensis Menzies, 1962
Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAbyssianira bathyalis Just, 1990
Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAbyssianira dentifrons Menzies, 1956
Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAbyssianira lingula Doti & Roccatagliata, 2006
Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAbyssianira tasmaniensis Just, 1990
Environment marine
Link Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:248358
Taxonomic
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2007-11-28 15:20:16Z  created  Schotte, Marilyn
  
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  Citation: Schotte, M. (2015). Abyssianira. In: Boyko, C.B; Bruce, N.L.; Merrin, K. L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S.; Schotte, M. & Wilson, G.D.F. (Eds) (2008 onwards) 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=248358 on 2016-09-28
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