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Miktoniscus spinosus (Say, 1818) 
AphiaID: 261282

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Isopoda (Order) > Oniscidea (Suborder) > Trichoniscidae (Family) > Miktoniscus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Miktoniscus Kesselyak, 1930
Synonymised
taxa
  Philoscia spinosus Say, 1818 (basionym)
Sources  original description: Say, T., 1818. An account of the Crustacea of the United States, part 7.— Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1: 374-401. [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  Taxonomy: New combination name for Miktoniscus halophilus Blake, 1931 (Schultz, 2002) [details]

type locality: New England, USA [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:261282
Taxonomic
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2008-01-03 13:02:48Z  created  Schotte, Marilyn
  
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  Citation: Schotte, M. (2013). Miktoniscus spinosus (Say, 1818). 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=261282 on 2013-05-21
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