WoRMS taxon details
Fortimesus Kavanagh & Wilson, 2007
341254 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341254)
accepted
Genus
Haplomesus thomsoni (Beddard, 1886) accepted as Fortimesus thomsoni (Beddard, 1886) (type by original designation)
- Species Fortimesus brevispinis (Birstein, 1960)
- Species Fortimesus concinnus (Birstein, 1971)
- Species Fortimesus consanguensis (Mezhov, 1980)
- Species Fortimesus cornutus (Birstein, 1960)
- Species Fortimesus formosus (Mezhov, 1981)
- Species Fortimesus gigas (Birstein, 1960)
- Species Fortimesus profundicolus (Birstein, 1971)
- Species Fortimesus robustus (Birstein, 1960)
- Species Fortimesus scabriusculus (Birstein, 1960)
- Species Fortimesus thomsoni (Beddard, 1886)
- Species Fortimesus trispiculum Elsner & Caurant, 2015
- Species Fortimesus zuluensis (Kensley, 1984)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kavanagh, F.A.; Wilson, G.D.F. (2007). Revision of the genus <i>Haplomesus</i> (Isopoda: Asellota: Ischnomesidae) with erection of four new genera. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 21(5): 487-535., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is06031 [details] Available for editors 
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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. Fortimesus Kavanagh & Wilson, 2007. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341254 on 2025-05-02
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Kavanagh, F.A.; Wilson, G.D.F. (2007). Revision of the genus <i>Haplomesus</i> (Isopoda: Asellota: Ischnomesidae) with erection of four new genera. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 21(5): 487-535., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is06031 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Kavanagh, F.A.; Wilson, G.D.F. (2007). Revision of the genus <i>Haplomesus</i> (Isopoda: Asellota: Ischnomesidae) with erection of four new genera. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 21(5): 487-535., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is06031 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
