WoRMS taxon details
Vanhoeffenura caribbea (Benedict, 1901)
263962 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:263962)
accepted
Species
Eurycope caribbea Benedict, 1901 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Storthyngura pulchra caribbea (Benedict, 1901) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Eurycope caribbea Benedict, 1901) Richardson, H. (1901). Key to the isopods of the Atlantic coast of North America with descriptions of new and little known species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 23: 493-579., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7511597 [details] 
Type locality contained in Windward Islands
type locality contained in Windward Islands [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2026). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Vanhoeffenura caribbea (Benedict, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=263962 on 2026-05-26
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Nomenclature
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(of Eurycope caribbea Benedict, 1901) Richardson, H. (1901). Key to the isopods of the Atlantic coast of North America with descriptions of new and little known species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 23: 493-579., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7511597 [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]
new combination reference Malyutina, M. (2003). Revision of <i>Storthyngura</i> Vanhöffen, (Crustacea: Isopoda: Munnopsididae) with descriptions of three new genera and four new species from the deep south Atlantic. <em>Organisms Diversity & Evolution.</em> 3(4): 245-252., available online at https://doi.org/10.1078/1439-6092-00084 [details]
new combination reference Malyutina, M. V. (2004). <i>Vanhoeffenura</i> nom. nov. replaces <i>Vanhoeffenella</i> Malyutina, 2003 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota). <em>Organisms, Diversity & Evolution.</em> 4: 123., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ode.2004.02.001 [details] Available for editors
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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]
new combination reference Malyutina, M. (2003). Revision of <i>Storthyngura</i> Vanhöffen, (Crustacea: Isopoda: Munnopsididae) with descriptions of three new genera and four new species from the deep south Atlantic. <em>Organisms Diversity & Evolution.</em> 3(4): 245-252., available online at https://doi.org/10.1078/1439-6092-00084 [details]
new combination reference Malyutina, M. V. (2004). <i>Vanhoeffenura</i> nom. nov. replaces <i>Vanhoeffenella</i> Malyutina, 2003 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota). <em>Organisms, Diversity & Evolution.</em> 4: 123., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ode.2004.02.001 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
