WoRMS taxon details
Acanthocope Beddard, 1885
118333 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118333)
accepted
Genus
Acanthocope spinicauda Beddard, 1885 (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Acanthocope acutispina Beddard, 1885
- Species Acanthocope annulatus Menzies, 1962
- Species Acanthocope argentinae Menzies, 1962
- Species Acanthocope armata Chardy, 1972
- Species Acanthocope beddardi Malyutina, 1999
- Species Acanthocope carinata Chardy, 1972
- Species Acanthocope curticauda Birstein, 1970
- Species Acanthocope eleganta Malyutina & Brandt, 2004
- Species Acanthocope galaica Malyutina, Frutos & Brandt, 2018
- Species Acanthocope galatheae Wolff, 1962
- Species Acanthocope mendeleevi Malyutina, 1998
- Species Acanthocope muelleri Malyutina, 1999
- Species Acanthocope orbus Menzies & George, 1972
- Species Acanthocope pentacornis Müller, 1989
- Species Acanthocope puertoricana Malyutina, Frutos & Brandt, 2018
- Species Acanthocope spinicauda Beddard, 1885
- Species Acanthocope spinosissima Menzies, 1956
- Species Acanthocope unicornis Menzies, 1962
- Species Acanthocope intermedia (Beddard, 1885) accepted as Storthyngura intermedia (Beddard, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Beddard, F. E. (1885). Preliminary notice of the Isopoda collected during the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Challenger.'–Part 2. Munnopsidae. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1885(4): 916-925., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1885.tb02930.x [details] 
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. Acanthocope Beddard, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118333 on 2026-08-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Beddard, F. E. (1885). Preliminary notice of the Isopoda collected during the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Challenger.'–Part 2. Munnopsidae. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1885(4): 916-925., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1885.tb02930.x [details]
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]
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]
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]
subsequent type designation Menzies, R. J. (1962). The isopods of abyssal depths in the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Vema Research Series.</em> 1: 79-206., available online at http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/19789/19789.pdf [details] Available for editors
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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]
subsequent type designation Menzies, R. J. (1962). The isopods of abyssal depths in the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Vema Research Series.</em> 1: 79-206., available online at http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/19789/19789.pdf [details] Available for editors
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