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Afrophiloscia 
AphiaID: 293762

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Isopoda (Order) > Isopoda incertae sedis (Suborder)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Isopoda incertae sedis
Source  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]

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taxa
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Species Afrophiloscia aelleni Ferrara & Taiti, 1982 accepted as Anchiphiloscia aelleni (Ferrara & Taiti, 1982)
Species Afrophiloscia bicolorata Ferrara & Taiti, 1982 accepted as Anchiphiloscia bicolorata (Ferrara & Taiti, 1982)
Species Afrophiloscia bispinosa Ferrara & Taiti, 1984 accepted as Anchiphiloscia bispinosa (Ferrara & Taiti, 1984)
Species Afrophiloscia brevicauda Taiti & Ferrara, 1980 accepted as Anchiphiloscia brevicauda (Taiti & Ferrara, 1980)
Species Afrophiloscia kenyensis Taiti & Ferrara, 1980 accepted as Anchiphiloscia kenyensis (Taiti & Ferrara, 1980)
Species Afrophiloscia kinolensis Taiti & Ferrara, 1980 accepted as Anchiphiloscia kinolensis (Taiti & Ferrara, 1980)
Species Afrophiloscia longisetosa Ferrara & Taiti, 1982 accepted as Anchiphiloscia longisetosa (Ferrara & Taiti, 1982)
Species Afrophiloscia meruina Ferrara & Taiti, 1984 accepted as Anchiphiloscia meruina (Ferrara & Taiti, 1984)
Species Afrophiloscia rotundata Taiti & Ferrara, 1980 accepted as Anchiphiloscia rotundata (Taiti & Ferrara, 1980)
Species Afrophiloscia similis Ferrara & Taiti, 1984 accepted as Anchiphiloscia similis (Ferrara & Taiti, 1984)
Species Afrophiloscia tanzaniana Ferrara & Taiti, 1984 accepted as Anchiphiloscia tanzaniana (Ferrara & Taiti, 1984)
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:293762
Taxonomic
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2008-02-19 09:31:38Z  created  Schotte, Marilyn
  
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  Citation: Schotte, M. (2013). Afrophiloscia. 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=293762 on 2013-05-25
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