original description
Sayce, O. A. (1900) Phreatoicus shephardi: a new species of freshwater Isopoda from Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 13 (N.S.) (1): 25-28. [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
type locality Victoria, Australia [details]