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Acanthastenasellus forficuloides Chelazzi & Messana, 1985 
AphiaID: 258648

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Isopoda (Order) > Asellota (Suborder) > Aselloidea (Superfamily) > Stenasellidae (Family) > Acanthastenasellus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Species
Parent Acanthastenasellus Chelazzi & Messana, 1985
Sources  original description: Chelazzi, L. and Messana, G. (1985) Acanthastenasellus forficuloides n. gen., n. sp., a stenasellid isopod (Asellota) from Somalian phreatic layer. Monitore Zoologico Italiano (Nuovo serie) 20 (4): 43-54. [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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link To ITIS
Notes  Habitat: cave [details]

type locality: Somalia [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:258648
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2008-01-03 13:02:48Z  created  Schotte, Marilyn
  
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  Citation: Schotte, M. (2013). Acanthastenasellus forficuloides Chelazzi & Messana, 1985. 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=258648 on 2013-05-24
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