WoRMS taxon details
Mesamphisopus penicillatus (Barnard, 1940)
261152 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:261152)
accepted
Species
Phreatoicus penicillatus Barnard, 1940 · unaccepted > superseded combination
recent only
(of Phreatoicus penicillatus Barnard, 1940) 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-western Cape, South Africa
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type locality South-western Cape, South Africa [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. Mesamphisopus penicillatus (Barnard, 1940). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=261152 on 2025-10-09
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Nomenclature
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(of Phreatoicus penicillatus Barnard, 1940) 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]
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]
[request]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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
