WoRMS name details
Apanthura africana Barnard, 1914
211373 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211373)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Barnard, K.H. (1914). Contributions to the crustacean fauna of South Africa. 3.—Additions to the marine Isopoda, with notes on some previously incompletely known species. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 10(11): 325a-358a, 359-442, pls. 27-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1554824 [details] 
Holotype SAMC A63, verbatimGeounit Paternoster Point SE...
Holotype SAMC A63, verbatimGeounit Paternoster Point SE... [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. Apanthura africana Barnard, 1914. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211373 on 2026-10-09
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Nomenclature
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Barnard, K.H. (1914). Contributions to the crustacean fauna of South Africa. 3.—Additions to the marine Isopoda, with notes on some previously incompletely known species. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 10(11): 325a-358a, 359-442, pls. 27-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1554824 [details]
basis of record Barnard, K. H. (1925). A Revision of the Family Anthuridae (Crustacea Isopoda), with Remarks on certain Morphological Peculiarities. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool.) (London).</em> 36:109-160. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1925.tb01849.x [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Barnard, K. H. (1925). A Revision of the Family Anthuridae (Crustacea Isopoda), with Remarks on certain Morphological Peculiarities. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool.) (London).</em> 36:109-160. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1925.tb01849.x [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype SAMC A63, verbatimGeounit Paternoster Point SE... [details]
