WoRMS taxon details
Bathynomus jamesi Kou, Chen & Li in Kou, Q., Chen, J., Li, X., He, L. & Wang, Y., 2017
1059800 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1059800)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kou, Q., Chen, J., Li, X., He, L., & Wang, Y. (2017). New species of the giant deep-sea isopod genus <I>Bathynomus</I> (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) from Hainan Island, South China Sea. <em>Integrative Zoology.</em> 12: 283–291., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12256 [details] Available for editors 
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Note Hainan Island, northern South China Sea,...
Type locality Hainan Island, northern South China Sea, 17°46.845′N, 110°38.217′E. [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. Bathynomus jamesi Kou, Chen & Li in Kou, Q., Chen, J., Li, X., He, L. & Wang, Y., 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1059800 on 2026-09-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Kou, Q., Chen, J., Li, X., He, L., & Wang, Y. (2017). New species of the giant deep-sea isopod genus <I>Bathynomus</I> (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) from Hainan Island, South China Sea. <em>Integrative Zoology.</em> 12: 283–291., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12256 [details] Available for editors [request]
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redescription
Huang, M.-C., Kawai, T. & Bruce, N. L. (2022). A new species of <i>Bathynomus</i> Milne-Edwards, 1879 (Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from the southern Gulf of Mexico with a redescription of <i>Bathynomus jamesi</i> Kou, Chen and Li, 2017 from off Pratas Island, Taiwan. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 56(13–16): 885–921., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2022.2086835 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality Hainan Island, northern South China Sea, 17°46.845′N, 110°38.217′E. [details]
