original descriptionVanhöffen, E. (1914). Die Isopoden der deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition, Zoologie.</em> 15: 447-598.[details]
original description(ofPlatyprotus Just, 2001)Just, J. (2001). <i>Platyprotus phyllosoma</i>, gen. nov and sp. nov., from Enderby Land, Antarctica, an unusual munnopsidid without nataory pereopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota). <em>Memoirs of Museum of Victoria.</em> 58(2): 335-345.[details] Available for editors [request]
basis of recordvan der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Identification resource
identification resourceMalyutina, 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 athttps://doi.org/10.1078/1439-6092-00084[details]
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additional sourceClarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceSchotte, 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Classification Considered to belong to the Family Munnopsidae[details]