WoRMS name details
Arcturus murdochi Benedict, 1898
295660 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:295660)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Benedict, J. E. (1898) The Arcturidae of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 12: 41-51. [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. Arcturus murdochi Benedict, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=295660 on 2026-09-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Benedict, J. E. (1898) The Arcturidae of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 12: 41-51. [details]
basis of record 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]
basis of record 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 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype USNM, verbatimGeounit USA. 10 miles west o... [details]
