Mesamphisopus Nicholls, 1943 
AphiaID: 248946

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Arthropoda > Crustacea > Malacostraca > Eumalacostraca > Peracarida > Isopoda > Phreatoicidea > Mesamphisopidae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Mesamphisopus capensis (Barnard, 1914) (type by subsequent designation)
Typetaxon of		Mesamphisopidae Nicholls, 1943
Parent		Mesamphisopidae Nicholls, 1943
Sources		basis of record: Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley, and S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA., available online at http://invertebrates.si.edu/isopod/ [details] redescription: Gouws, G. (2008). New species of Mesamphisopus, an endemic South African freshwater isopod genus (Isopoda: Phreatoicidea: Mesamphisopidae). Zootaxa 1690: 1-62.  [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Mesamphisopus abbreviatus (Barnard, 1927) Species Mesamphisopus albidus Gouws, 2008 Species Mesamphisopus baccatus Gouws, 2008 Species Mesamphisopus capensis (Barnard, 1914) Species Mesamphisopus depressus (Barnard, 1927) Species Mesamphisopus kensleyi Gouws, 2008 Species Mesamphisopus paludosus Gouws, 2008 Species Mesamphisopus penicillatus (Barnard, 1940) Species Mesamphisopus setosus Gouws, 2008 Species Mesamphisopus tsitsikamma Gouws, 2008
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:248946
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2007-11-28 15:20:16Z   created   Schotte, Marilyn 2008-01-29 02:50:17Z   changed   Wilson, George D.F.
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		Citation: Wilson, George D.F. ; Schotte, M. (2013). Mesamphisopus Nicholls, 1943. In: Schotte, M.; Boyko, C.B; Bruce, N.L.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. & Wilson, G.D.F. (Eds) (2013) World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Accessed through: Schotte, M.; Boyko, C.B; Bruce, N.L.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. & Wilson, G.D.F. (Eds) (2013) World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database at http://www.marinespecies.org/Isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248946 on 2013-05-22