Isopoda

WoRMS taxon details

Mesanthura protei Kensley, 1980

211377  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211377)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Peracarida (Superorder)
  9. Isopoda (Order)
  10. Cymothoida (Suborder)
  11. Anthuroidea (Superfamily)
  12. Anthuridae (Family)
  13. Mesanthura (Genus)
  14. Mesanthura protei (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kensley, B. (1980). Anthuridean isopod crustaceans from the International Indian Ocean Expedition, 1960-1965, in the Smithsonian collections. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 304: 1-37., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.304 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Holotype  USNM 171713, verbatimGeounit S of Inhambane,...  
Holotype USNM 171713, verbatimGeounit S of Inhambane, Moza... [details]
Depth range intertidal-37  
Depth range intertidal-37 [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Mesanthura protei Kensley, 1980. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211377 on 2025-05-04
Date
action
by
2001-11-01 11:37:13Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-03 13:02:48Z
checked
Schotte, Marilyn
2009-02-20 10:38:06Z
changed
Poore, Gary C.B.

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Nomenclature

original description Kensley, B. (1980). Anthuridean isopod crustaceans from the International Indian Ocean Expedition, 1960-1965, in the Smithsonian collections. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 304: 1-37., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.304 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Kensley, B. & M. Schotte (2000). New species and records of anthuridean crustaceans from the Indian Ocean. Journal of Natural History 34: 2057-2121. [details] 

Other

additional source 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] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype USNM 171713, verbatimGeounit S of Inhambane, Moza... [details]
Paratype USNM 171714–15 [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range intertidal-37 [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ Mesanthura protei) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 171713) 
To ITIS
Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ Mesanthura protei)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ Mesanthura protei)
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