Nomenclature
original description
(of Microarcturus dayi Kensley, 1977) Kensley, B. (1977) New records of marine Crustacea Isopoda from South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 72 (13): 239-265. [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 9-240 [details]
distribution Saldanha Bay to East London, South Africa [details]