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Mirabilicoxa Hessler, 1970

AphiaID

118325 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118325)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Mirabilicoxa gracilipes (Hansen, 1916) (type by original designation)

Parent

Desmosomatinae G. O. Sars, 1897

Original name

Mirabilicoxa Hessler, 1970

Direct children (21)

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Species Mirabilicoxa acuminata Hessler, 1970
Species Mirabilicoxa acutus (Menzies & George, 1972)
Species Mirabilicoxa alberti George, 2001
Species Mirabilicoxa biramosa Golovan, 2018
Species Mirabilicoxa birsteini (Menzies, 1962)
Species Mirabilicoxa cornuta (Hessler, 1970)
Species Mirabilicoxa coxalis (Birstein, 1963)
Species Mirabilicoxa curticoxalis Pasternak, 1982
Species Mirabilicoxa exopodata Hessler, 1970
Species Mirabilicoxa gracilipes (Hansen, 1916)
Species Mirabilicoxa hessleri George, 2001
Species Mirabilicoxa kussakini Golovan, 2007
Species Mirabilicoxa longispina (Hansen, 1916)
Species Mirabilicoxa magnispina (Menzies, 1962)
Species Mirabilicoxa minuta Hessler, 1970
Species Mirabilicoxa palpata Hessler, 1970
Species Mirabilicoxa plana Hessler, 1970
Species Mirabilicoxa richardsoni Mezhov, 1986
Species Mirabilicoxa similis (Hansen, 1916)
Species Mirabilicoxa tenuipes (Birstein, 1970)
Species Mirabilicoxa fletcheri Paul & George, 1975 accepted as Nymphodora fletcheri (Paul & George, 1975) (basionym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

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

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Taxonomic citation

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. Mirabilicoxa Hessler, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118325 on 2026-06-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2006-09-25 06:54:45Z

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Martinez, Olga

2007-11-28 15:20:16Z

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Schotte, Marilyn

2008-03-22 18:54:04Z

changed

Wilson, George D.F.

2017-08-15 03:09:52Z

changed

Merrin, Kelly L.

2023-03-23 19:41:21Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

Licensing

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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

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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]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]