WoRMS taxon details
Austroarcturus dayi (Kensley, 1977)
259191 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:259191)
accepted
Species
Microarcturus dayi Kensley, 1977 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Microarcturus dayi Kensley, 1977) Kensley, B. (1977) New records of marine Crustacea Isopoda from South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 72 (13): 239-265. [details]
Holotype (of Microarcturus dayi Kensley, 1977) SAfM A15353
Holotype (of Microarcturus dayi Kensley, 1977) SAfM A15353 [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. Austroarcturus dayi (Kensley, 1977). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=259191 on 2026-09-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Microarcturus dayi Kensley, 1977) Kensley, B. (1977) New records of marine Crustacea Isopoda from South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 72 (13): 239-265. [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 Poore, G. C. B. (2003) Revision of Holidoteidae, an endemic southern African family of Crustacea, and re-appraisal of taxa previously included in its three genera (Isopoda: Valvifera). Journal of Natural History 37: 1805-1846., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930210133273 [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 Poore, G. C. B. (2003) Revision of Holidoteidae, an endemic southern African family of Crustacea, and re-appraisal of taxa previously included in its three genera (Isopoda: Valvifera). Journal of Natural History 37: 1805-1846., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930210133273 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Microarcturus dayi Kensley, 1977) SAfM A15353 [details]
