original description
Feldmann, R.; Rust, S. (2006). <i>Palaega kakatahi</i> n. sp., the first record of a marine fossil isopod from the Pliocene of New Zealand. <em>New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics.</em> 49: 411-415. [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]
From editor or global species database
type locality New Zealand : Wanganui Basin, western North Island [details]