WoRMS taxon details
Haliophasma mombasa (Kensley, 1980)
255465 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:255465)
accepted
Species
Malacanthura mombasa Kensley, 1980 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Malacanthura mombasa Kensley, 1980) Kensley, B. (1980). Anthuridean isopod crustaceans from the International Indian Ocean Expedition, 1960-1965, in the Smithsonian collections. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 304: 1-37., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.304 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype (of Malacanthura mombasa Kensley, 1980) USNM...
Holotype (of Malacanthura mombasa Kensley, 1980) USNM 171712, verbatimGeounit Mozambique, reef sou... [details]
Depth range 3.5
Depth range 3.5 [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Haliophasma mombasa (Kensley, 1980). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=255465 on 2025-09-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Malacanthura mombasa Kensley, 1980) Kensley, B. (1980). Anthuridean isopod crustaceans from the International Indian Ocean Expedition, 1960-1965, in the Smithsonian collections. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 304: 1-37., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.304 [details] Available for editors
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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]





Holotype (of Malacanthura mombasa Kensley, 1980) USNM 171712, verbatimGeounit Mozambique, reef sou... [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 3.5 [details]
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ USNM 171712 Malacanthura mombasa) (from synonym Malacanthura mombasa Kensley, 1980)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 171712) (from synonym Malacanthura mombasa Kensley, 1980)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 171712) (from synonym Malacanthura mombasa Kensley, 1980)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym