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Thambematidae Stebbing, 1912

AphiaID

118271 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118271)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Thambema Stebbing, 1912 (type by original designation)

Parent

Janiroidea G. O. Sars, 1897

Original name

Thambematidae Stebbing, 1912

Direct children (2)

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Genus Microthambema Birstein, 1961
Genus Thambema Stebbing, 1912

Environment

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

Original description

Stebbing, T. R. R. (1912). Abstract of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London No. 112. The Crustacea Isopoda of the 'Porcupine' Expedition. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London. 1912(3): 42. [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. Thambematidae Stebbing, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118271 on 2025-10-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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db_admin

2005-05-02 12:40:44Z

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Cuvelier, Daphne

2007-11-27 17:31:00Z

checked

Schotte, Marilyn

2008-01-14 21:28:17Z

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Wilson, George D.F.

2014-07-25 01:44:16Z

changed

Merrin, Kelly L.

2019-06-24 11:44:12Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2024-02-28 20:03:09Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

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Nomenclature

original description Stebbing, T. R. R. (1912). Abstract of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London No. 112. The Crustacea Isopoda of the 'Porcupine' Expedition. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London. 1912(3): 42. [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]

Identification resource

identification resource Zemko, K. and Kaiser, S. (2012). Thambema thunderstruckae sp. n., the first record of Thambematidae (Isopoda: Asellota) from the Southern Hemisphere shelf. Polish Polar Research. 33 (2): 163-179., available online at https://doi.org/10.2478/v10183-012-0008-1 [details]

Other

additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors