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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMetacirolana convexissima (Kensley, 1984) 
AphiaID: 256629

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 editorCymothoida (Suborder) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCymothooidea (Superfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCirolanidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMetacirolana (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMetacirolana convexissima (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMetacirolana Kussakin, 1979
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCirolana convexissima Kensley, 1984
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCirolana convexissima Kensley, 1984 (basionym)
Sources  original description Kensley, B. (1984) The South African Museum's Meiring Naude cruises. Part 15. Marine Isopoda of the 1977, 1978, 1979 cruises. Annals of the South African Museum 93 (4): 213-301. [details]

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Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution  Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editortype locality contained in South Africa [details]
From editor or global species database
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTemperate Southern Africa [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Antarctic Invertebrates 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Notes 
From editor or global species database
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDepth range 150-200 [details]

Checked: verified by a taxonomic editortype locality South Africa [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:256629
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-01-03 13:02:48Z  created  Schotte, Marilyn
  
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  Citation: Schotte, M. (2008). Metacirolana convexissima. In: Boyko, C.B; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; 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=256629 on 2017-08-19
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