WoRMS taxon details
Ptilanthura tenuis Harger, 1878
157908 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157908)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Harger, O. (1878). Descriptions of new genera and species of Isopoda, from New England and adjacent regions. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> Series 3, 15 (89): 373-379., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36843275 [details]
Depth range 0-36
Distribution Bay of Fundy to 41 degrees North latitude, including Cobscook Bay
Depth range 0-36 [details]
Distribution Bay of Fundy to 41 degrees North latitude, including Cobscook Bay
Distribution Bay of Fundy to 41 degrees North latitude, including Cobscook Bay [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. Ptilanthura tenuis Harger, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157908 on 2025-08-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Harger, O. (1878). Descriptions of new genera and species of Isopoda, from New England and adjacent regions. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> Series 3, 15 (89): 373-379., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36843275 [details]
basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
Other
additional source
Barnard, K.H. (1925). A Revision of the Family Anthuridae (Crustacea Isopoda), with Remarks on certain Morphological Peculiarities. Journ. Limn. Soc (London) (Zool.) 36: 109-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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]
additional source Schotte, M., J. C. Markham, and G. D. F. Wilson. 2009. Isopoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 973–986 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
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additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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]
additional source Schotte, M., J. C. Markham, and G. D. F. Wilson. 2009. Isopoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 973–986 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype, verbatimGeounit USA. New England coa... [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 0-36 [details]Unreviewed
Distribution Bay of Fundy to 41 degrees North latitude, including Cobscook Bay [details]Habitat Found from the intertidal zone to 35 m depth; prefers sand and mud substrate. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ Ptilanthura tenuis)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (117 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 103002)
To ITIS
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ Ptilanthura tenuis)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (117 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 103002)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
