Fortimesus formosus (Mezhov, 1981) 
AphiaID: 579415

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Arthropoda > Crustacea > Malacostraca > Eumalacostraca > Peracarida > Isopoda > Asellota > Janiroidea > Ischnomesidae > Fortimesus

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Fortimesus Kavanagh & Wilson, 2007
Synonymised taxa		Haplomesus formosus Mezhov, 1981 (basionym)
Sources		original description: Mezhov, B. V. (1981) Isopoda. In Benthos of the Submarine mountains Marcus-Necker and adjacent Pacific regions: 62-82. Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology. [details] additional source: 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] new combination reference: Kavanagh, F. A. and G. D. F. Wilson (2007) Revision of the genus Haplomesus (Isopoda:Asellota:Ischnomesidae) with erection of four new genera. Invertebrate Systematics 21: 487-535., available online at http://www.publish.csiro.au/journals/is [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		type locality: Central North Pacific [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:579415
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2011-08-31 06:44:22Z   created   Wilson, George D.F.
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		Citation: Wilson, George D.F. (2013). Fortimesus formosus (Mezhov, 1981). 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=579415 on 2013-05-22