WoRMS name details
Desmostylis Brandt, 1992
175063 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:175063)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Desmostylis obscurus Brandt, 1992 accepted as Macrostylis obscurus (Brandt, 1992) (type by original designation)
- Species Desmostylis gerdesi Brandt, 2002 accepted as Macrostylis gerdesi (Brandt, 2002) (basionym)
- Species Desmostylis obscurus Brandt, 1992 accepted as Macrostylis obscurus (Brandt, 1992) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Brandt, A. (1992). New Asellota from the Antarctic deep sea (Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellota), with descriptions of two new genera. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 21(1): 57-78., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1992.tb00310.x [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. Desmostylis Brandt, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=175063 on 2026-08-11
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2006-07-31 06:57:06Z
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Camba Reu, Cibran
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Nomenclature
original description
Brandt, A. (1992). New Asellota from the Antarctic deep sea (Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellota), with descriptions of two new genera. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 21(1): 57-78., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1992.tb00310.x [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]basis of record Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Riehl, T. and Brandt, A. (2010). Descriptions of two new species in the genus Macrostylis Sars, 1864 (Isopoda, Asellota, Macrostylidae) from the Weddell Sea (Southern Ocean), with a synonymisation of the genus Desmostylis Brandt, 1992 with Macrostylis. <i>ZooKeys 57: 9-49</i>. , available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.57.310 [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]
