WoRMS taxon details
Annina mesopotamica (Ahmed, 1971)
258918 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:258918)
accepted
Species
Excirolana mesopotamica Ahmed, 1971 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Excirolana mesopotamica Ahmed, 1971) Ahmed, M. M. (1971). New Isopoda (Flabellifera) from Iraq and Arabian Gulf. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Zoologisches Museum und Institut für Spezielle Zoologie (Berlin).</em> 47(1): 77-83., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.19710470110 [details]
Note Arabian Gulf
From editor or global species database
type locality Arabian Gulf [details]
Depth range shallow
Depth range shallow [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2026). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Annina mesopotamica (Ahmed, 1971). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=258918 on 2026-03-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Excirolana mesopotamica Ahmed, 1971) Ahmed, M. M. (1971). New Isopoda (Flabellifera) from Iraq and Arabian Gulf. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Zoologisches Museum und Institut für Spezielle Zoologie (Berlin).</em> 47(1): 77-83., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.19710470110 [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]
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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Khalaji-Pirbalouty, V. (2013). Redescription of <I>Annina mesopotamica</i> Ahmed, 1971 (Crustacea, Cirolanidae, Isopoda) from Basrah, Iraq. <em>Iranian Journal of Animal Biosytematics.</em> 9(2): 109–115. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
