original description
(of Exanthura macrura Barnard, 1914) 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
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]
From editor or global species database
Depth range intertidal [details]