WoRMS taxon details
Chelator Hessler, 1970
118317 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118317)
accepted
Genus
Desmosoma insignis Hansen, 1916 accepted as Chelator insignis (Hansen, 1916) (type by original designation)
- Species Chelator aequabilis Brix & Leese, 2015
- Species Chelator chelatus (Stephensen, 1915)
- Species Chelator insignis (Hansen, 1916)
- Species Chelator michaeli Golovan, 2015
- Species Chelator rugosus Brix & Riehl, 2015
- Species Chelator stellae Malyutina & Kussakin, 1996
- Species Chelator striatus (Menzies, 1962)
- Species Chelator verecundus Hessler, 1970
- Species Chelator vulgaris Hessler, 1970
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hessler, R. R. (1970). The Desmosomatidae (Isopoda: Asellota) of the Gay Head - Bermuda Transect. <em>Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.</em> 15: 1-185., available online at http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1203&context=sio [details] Available for editors 
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Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2026). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Chelator Hessler, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118317 on 2026-05-27
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Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
original description
Hessler, R. R. (1970). The Desmosomatidae (Isopoda: Asellota) of the Gay Head - Bermuda Transect. <em>Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.</em> 15: 1-185., available online at http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1203&context=sio [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record van 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]
[request]basis of record van 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 resource
Brix, S.; Leese, F.; Riehl, T.; Kihara, T. C. (2015). A new genus and new species of Desmosomatidae Sars, 1897 (Isopoda) from the eastern south Atlantic abyss described by means of integrative taxonomy. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 45(1): 7-61., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-014-0218-3 [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource Golovan, O. A. (2015). Desmosomatidae (Isopoda: Asellota) from the abyssal plain to the east of the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench: New data on diversity with the description of two new species. <em>Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 111: 256-278., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.08.020 [details]
[request]identification resource Golovan, O. A. (2015). Desmosomatidae (Isopoda: Asellota) from the abyssal plain to the east of the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench: New data on diversity with the description of two new species. <em>Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 111: 256-278., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.08.020 [details]
Other
additional source
Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
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]
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 Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
