WoRMS taxon details
Janthura Wolff, 1962
248861 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:248861)
accepted
Genus
Janthura abyssicola Wolff, 1962 (type by monotypy)
Austroniscoides Birstein, 1963 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Wolff, T. (1962). The systematics and biology of bathyal and abyssal Isopoda Asellota. <em>Galathea Report.</em> 6: 7–320, pl. 1–19., available online at https://samlinger.snm.ku.dk/en/library/library-of-the-natural-history-museum-of-denmark/galathea-report-1957-2005/ [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. Janthura Wolff, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248861 on 2026-05-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Wolff, T. (1962). The systematics and biology of bathyal and abyssal Isopoda Asellota. <em>Galathea Report.</em> 6: 7–320, pl. 1–19., available online at https://samlinger.snm.ku.dk/en/library/library-of-the-natural-history-museum-of-denmark/galathea-report-1957-2005/ [details]
original description (of Austroniscoides Birstein, 1963) Birstein, J. A. (1963). Isopods from the ultraabyssal zone of the Bougainville Trench. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 42(6): 814-834. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
original description (of Austroniscoides Birstein, 1963) Birstein, J. A. (1963). Isopods from the ultraabyssal zone of the Bougainville Trench. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 42(6): 814-834. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
