World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans

WoRMS taxon details

Virganthura crassa (Barnard, 1925)

AphiaID

264118 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:264118)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Virganthura Kensley, 1987

Original name

Accalathura crassa Barnard, 1925

Synonymised names

Accalathura crassa Barnard, 1925 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Accalathura crassa Barnard, 1925) Barnard, K.H. (1925). A Revision of the Family Anthuridae (Crustacea Isopoda), with Remarks on certain Morphological Peculiarities. Journ. Limn. Soc (London) (Zool.) 36: 109-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Descriptive notes

Depth range 30

Depth range 30 [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Virganthura crassa (Barnard, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=264118 on 2025-05-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-03 13:02:48Z

created

Schotte, Marilyn

2009-02-20 10:38:06Z

changed

Poore, Gary C.B.

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Accalathura crassa Barnard, 1925) Barnard, K.H. (1925). A Revision of the Family Anthuridae (Crustacea Isopoda), with Remarks on certain Morphological Peculiarities. Journ. Limn. Soc (London) (Zool.) 36: 109-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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]