Isopoda taxon details
Politolana obtusispina (Kensley, 1975)
256719 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:256719)
accepted
Species
Cirolana obtusispina Kensley, 1975 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cirolana obtusispina Kensley, 1975) Kensley, B. (1975). Marine Isopoda from the continental shelf of South Africa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 67(4): 35-89. [details] Available for editors 
Note South Africa
From editor or global species database
type locality South Africa [details]
Depth range 120
status Regarded as incerta sedis within Politolana by Riseman & Brusca (2002).
Depth range 120 [details]
status Regarded as incerta sedis within Politolana by Riseman & Brusca (2002).
status Regarded as incerta sedis within Politolana by Riseman & Brusca (2002). [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Politolana obtusispina (Kensley, 1975). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=256719 on 2025-06-24
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(of Cirolana obtusispina Kensley, 1975) Kensley, B. (1975). Marine Isopoda from the continental shelf of South Africa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 67(4): 35-89. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
status source Riseman, S. and Brusca, R. C. (2002) Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of <i>Politolana</i> Bruce, 1981 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 134(1): 57-140. [details]
basis of record Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
status source Riseman, S. and Brusca, R. C. (2002) Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of <i>Politolana</i> Bruce, 1981 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 134(1): 57-140. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
