World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans

Isopoda taxon details

Pentoniscus Richardson, 1913

AphiaID

249158 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:249158)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857

Orig. name

Pentoniscus Richardson, 1913

Direct children (5)

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Species Pentoniscus dominicanus Arcangeli, 1932
Species Pentoniscus exilis Van Name, 1925
Species Pentoniscus pruinosus Richardson, 1913
Species Pentoniscus silvestrii Arcangeli, 1927
Species Pentoniscus vargasae Leistikow, 1998

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

Richardson, H. (1913) Terrestrial isopods collected in Costa Rica by Mr. Picado, with the description of a new genus and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 44(1954): 337-340. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. (Eds) (2024). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Pentoniscus Richardson, 1913. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=249158 on 2024-04-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-11-28 15:20:16Z

created

Schotte, Marilyn

2016-09-12 10:00:38Z

changed

Taiti, Stefano

2023-03-22 12:27:37Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

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original description Richardson, H. (1913) Terrestrial isopods collected in Costa Rica by Mr. Picado, with the description of a new genus and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 44(1954): 337-340. [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]

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