WoRMS taxon details
Paranthura elegans Menzies, 1951
255583 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:255583)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Menzies, R. J. (1951) New marine isopods, chiefly from northern California, with notes on related forms. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 101 (3273): 105-156. [details]
Holotype USNM 87692, verbatimGeounit USA, CA, Tomales...
Holotype USNM 87692, verbatimGeounit USA, CA, Tomales Blu... [details]
Depth range 0-55
Depth range 0-55 [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Paranthura elegans Menzies, 1951. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=255583 on 2025-05-08
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Nomenclature
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Menzies, R. J. (1951) New marine isopods, chiefly from northern California, with notes on related forms. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 101 (3273): 105-156. [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
Holotype USNM 87692, verbatimGeounit USA, CA, Tomales Blu... [details]
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