WoRMS taxon details
Cirolana theleceps Barnard, 1940
220690 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220690)
accepted
Species
Cirolana anadema Glynn, 1972 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Barnard, K.H. (1940). Contributions to the crustacean fauna of South Africa. 12. Further additions to the Tanaidacea, Isopoda and Amphipoda, together with keys for the identification of hitherto recorded marine and fresh-water species. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 32: 381-543., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40891186 [details] Available for editors 
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Note South Africa
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type locality South Africa [details]
Depth range intertidal
Depth range intertidal [details]
Boyko, C.B.; 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. Cirolana theleceps Barnard, 1940. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220690 on 2026-01-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Barnard, K.H. (1940). Contributions to the crustacean fauna of South Africa. 12. Further additions to the Tanaidacea, Isopoda and Amphipoda, together with keys for the identification of hitherto recorded marine and fresh-water species. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 32: 381-543., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40891186 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Cirolana anadema Glynn, 1972) Glynn, P.W. (1972). Contributions to the knowledge of Suez migration. Isopods of the Suez Canal. <em>Israel Journal of Zoology.</em> 21: 275-300. [details]
basis of record Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]original description (of Cirolana anadema Glynn, 1972) Glynn, P.W. (1972). Contributions to the knowledge of Suez migration. Isopods of the Suez Canal. <em>Israel Journal of Zoology.</em> 21: 275-300. [details]
basis of record Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Bruce, N. L. and Jones, D. A. (1978) The systematics of some Red Sea Isopoda (Family Cirolanidae) with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Zoology, London 185: 395-413.
page(s): 407 [details]
page(s): 407 [details]
Other
additional source
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
