WoRMS taxon details

Namibianira dracohalitus Kensley, 1995

261391  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:261391)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Peracarida (Superorder)
  9. Isopoda (Order)
  10. Asellota (Suborder)
  11. Gnathostenetroidoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Protojaniridae (Family)
  13. Namibianira (Genus)
  14. Namibianira dracohalitus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kensley, B. (1995). A new genus of aquatic cave-dwelling isopod from Namibia (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota). <em>Cimbebasia.</em> 14: 1-15. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Holotype  SMN 51605, geounit Namibia  
Holotype SMN 51605, geounit Namibia [details]
, Note Namibia  
From editor or global species database
type locality Namibia [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. Namibianira dracohalitus Kensley, 1995. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=261391 on 2025-06-30
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2008-01-03 13:02:48Z
created
Schotte, Marilyn

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Nomenclature

original description Kensley, B. (1995). A new genus of aquatic cave-dwelling isopod from Namibia (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota). <em>Cimbebasia.</em> 14: 1-15. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [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 
   

Holotype SMN 51605, geounit Namibia [details]
From editor or global species database
Habitat cave [details]

type locality Namibia [details]
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