World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans - Metoponorthus pruinosus var. africana Brian, 1931

Isopoda name details

Metoponorthus pruinosus var. africana Brian, 1931

AphiaID

1359081 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1359081)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Porcellionides pruinosus africana (Brian, 1931)

Rank

Variety

Parent

Metoponorthus pruinosus (Brandt, 1833) accepted as Porcellionides pruinosus (Brandt, 1833)

Original name

Metoponorthus pruinosus var. africana Brian, 1931

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Brian, A. (1931). Isopodes d'Angola. <em>Revue Suisse de Zoologie.</em> 38(25): 429-444. [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Boyko, C.B.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Metoponorthus pruinosus var. africana Brian, 1931. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1359081 on 2025-05-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-07-15 13:01:17Z

created

Boyko, Christopher B.

2023-10-05 15:48:22Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

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Sources (1)

original description Brian, A. (1931). Isopodes d'Angola. <em>Revue Suisse de Zoologie.</em> 38(25): 429-444. [details] Available for editors