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Caecognathia polaris (Hodgson, 1902) 
AphiaID: 257124

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Isopoda (Order) > Cymothoida (Suborder) > Cymothooidea (Superfamily) > Gnathiidae (Family) > Caecognathia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Caecognathia Dollfus, 1901
Synonymised
taxa
  Gnathia polaris Hodgson, 1902 (basionym)
Sources  original description: Hodgson, T.V., 1902. Crustacea. In: Report on the Collections of Natural History made in the Antarctic regions during the Voyage of the ”Southern Cross.”: 228-261, Plates 29-40. British Museum (Natural History), London.  [details]

basis of record: 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]

basis of record (from synonym): Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 41: 47-114 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:257124
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2008-01-03 13:02:48Z  created  Schotte, Marilyn
  
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  Citation: Schotte, M. (2013). Caecognathia polaris (Hodgson, 1902). 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=257124 on 2013-06-19
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