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RAS taxon details

Plakarthrium punctatissimum (Pfeffer, 1887)

AphiaID

262129 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:262129)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Plakarthrium Chilton, 1883

Original name

Chelonidium punctatissimum Pfeffer, 1887

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Pfeffer, G. (1887). Die Krebse von Süd-Georgien nach der Ausbeute der Deutschen Station 1882-83. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten. 4: 43-150, pls. 1-7. [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Plakarthrium punctatissimum (Pfeffer, 1887). Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=262129 on 2025-08-20

Regional species database citation

RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Plakarthrium punctatissimum (Pfeffer, 1887). Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=262129 on 2025-08-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-03 13:02:48Z

created

Schotte, Marilyn

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Pfeffer, G. (1887). Die Krebse von Süd-Georgien nach der Ausbeute der Deutschen Station 1882-83. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten. 4: 43-150, pls. 1-7. [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]

additional source Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors