original description
(of Storthyngura chelata Birstein, 1957) Birstein, J. A. (1957). Certain peculiarities of the ultra-abyssal fauna at the example of the genus <i>Storthyngura</i> (Crustacea Isopoda Asellota). <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 36(7): 961-985. [details] Available for editors
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. V. (2004). <i>Vanhoeffenura</i> nom. nov. replaces <i>Vanhoeffenella</i> Malyutina, 2003 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota). <em>Organisms, Diversity & Evolution.</em> 4: 123. [details] Available for editors
From editor or global species database
Depth range 5345-6860 [details]
type locality N.W. Pacific [details]