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Ptyosphaera alata (Baker, 1926)

262805  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:262805)

  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. Sphaeromatidea (Suborder)
  11. Sphaeromatoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Sphaeromatidae (Family)
  13. Ptyosphaera (Genus)
  14. Ptyosphaera alata (Species)
accepted
Species
Exosphaeroma alata Baker, 1926 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Exosphaeroma alata Baker, 1926) Baker, W. H. (1926). Species of the isopod family Sphaeromidae from the eastern, southern and western coasts of Australia. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 50: 247-279, pls. 38-53. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Note Australia  
type locality Australia [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. Ptyosphaera alata (Baker, 1926). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=262805 on 2025-08-24
Date
action
by
2008-01-03 13:02:48Z
created
Schotte, Marilyn
2024-07-05 02:09:25Z
changed
Poore, Gary C.B.

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Nomenclature

original description (of Exosphaeroma alata Baker, 1926) Baker, W. H. (1926). Species of the isopod family Sphaeromidae from the eastern, southern and western coasts of Australia. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 50: 247-279, pls. 38-53. [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 
   

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type locality Australia [details]
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