WoRMS taxon details
Betamorpha africana (Menzies, 1962)
258022 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:258022)
accepted
Species
Ilyarachna africana Menzies, 1962 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Ilyarachna africana Menzies, 1962) Menzies, R. J. (1962) The isopods of abyssal depths in the Atlantic Ocean. Vema Research Series 1: 79-206., available online at http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/19789/19789.pdf [details]
Holotype (of Ilyarachna africana Menzies, 1962) AMNH...
, Note S. Atlantic
Holotype (of Ilyarachna africana Menzies, 1962) AMNH 12080, geounit South Atlantic [details]
From editor or global species database
type locality S. Atlantic [details]
Depth range 3049
Depth range 3049 [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. (Eds) (2024). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Betamorpha africana (Menzies, 1962). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=258022 on 2024-04-23
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original description
(of Ilyarachna africana Menzies, 1962) Menzies, R. J. (1962) The isopods of abyssal depths in the Atlantic Ocean. Vema Research Series 1: 79-206., available online at http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/19789/19789.pdf [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]
new combination reference Thistle, D. and Hessler, R. (1977) A revision of Betamorpha (Isopoda; Asellota) in the world ocean with three new species. Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology) 60: 275-295., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1977.tb01030.x [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]
new combination reference Thistle, D. and Hessler, R. (1977) A revision of Betamorpha (Isopoda; Asellota) in the world ocean with three new species. Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology) 60: 275-295., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1977.tb01030.x [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Ilyarachna africana Menzies, 1962) AMNH 12080, geounit South Atlantic [details]
