Isopoda taxon details
Plakarthriidae Hansen, 1905
248307 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:248307)
accepted
Family
Plakarthrium Chilton, 1883 (type by original designation)
Chelonidiidae Pfeffer, 1887 · unaccepted (type genus is a junior homonym of...)
type genus is a junior homonym of Chelonidium Claus, 1875 [Copepoda]; Cheloniidae invalid fide ICZN Article 39
Plakarthriinae Hansen, 1905 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Genus Plakarthrium Chilton, 1883
- Genus Chelonidium Pfeffer, 1887 accepted as Plakarthrium Chilton, 1883 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Plakarthriinae Hansen, 1905) Hansen, H. J. (1905). On the propagation, structure, and classification of the family Sphaeromidae. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, New Series.</em> 49: 69–135, pl. 7. [details] 
Boyko, C.B.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Plakarthriidae Hansen, 1905. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248307 on 2026-07-01
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original description
(of Plakarthriinae Hansen, 1905) Hansen, H. J. (1905). On the propagation, structure, and classification of the family Sphaeromidae. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, New Series.</em> 49: 69–135, pl. 7. [details]
original description (of Chelonidiidae Pfeffer, 1887) Pfeffer, G. (1887). Die Krebse von Süd-Georgien nach der Ausbeute der Deutschen Station 1882-83. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 4: 43-150, pls. 1-7., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10084 [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]
additional source Brandt, A.; Poore, G. C. B. (2003). Higher classification of the flabelliferan and related Isopoda based on a reappraisal of relationships. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 17: 893-923., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is02032 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Chelonidiidae Pfeffer, 1887) Pfeffer, G. (1887). Die Krebse von Süd-Georgien nach der Ausbeute der Deutschen Station 1882-83. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 4: 43-150, pls. 1-7., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10084 [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]
additional source Brandt, A.; Poore, G. C. B. (2003). Higher classification of the flabelliferan and related Isopoda based on a reappraisal of relationships. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 17: 893-923., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is02032 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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