Deep-Sea taxon details

Desmosoma G. O. Sars, 1864

118319  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118319)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Peracarida (Superorder)
  9. Isopoda (Order)
  10. Asellota (Suborder)
  11. Janiroidea (Superfamily)
  12. Desmosomatidae (Family)
  13. Desmosomatinae (Subfamily)
  14. Desmosoma (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Desmosoma lineare G. O. Sars, 1864 (type by subsequent designation)

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  1. Species Desmosoma australis Nordenstam, 1933
  2. Species Desmosoma brevicauda Menzies & George, 1972
  3. Species Desmosoma brevipes Nordenstam, 1933
  4. Species Desmosoma dolosus Menzies & George, 1972
  5. Species Desmosoma elegans Fresi & Schiecke, 1969
  6. Species Desmosoma elongatum Bonnier, 1896
  7. Species Desmosoma funalis Menzies & George, 1972
  8. Species Desmosoma gigantea (Park, 1999)
  9. Species Desmosoma hesslera Brandt, 1992
  10. Species Desmosoma latipes Hansen, 1916
  11. Species Desmosoma lineare G. O. Sars, 1864
  12. Species Desmosoma modestum Nordenstam, 1933
  13. Species Desmosoma neomana Menzies & George, 1972
  14. Species Desmosoma puritanum Fresi & Schiecke, 1969
  15. Species Desmosoma renatae Brix, 2007
  16. Species Desmosoma rotundus Menzies & George, 1972
  17. Species Desmosoma similipes Menzies & George, 1972
  18. Species Desmosoma strombergi Svavarsson, 1988
  19. Species Desmosoma tetarta (Hessler, 1970)
  20. Species Desmosoma aculeatum G. O. Sars, 1864 accepted as Echinopleura aculeata (G. O. Sars, 1864) (basionym)
  21. Species Desmosoma acutus Menzies & George, 1972 accepted as Mirabilicoxa acutus (Menzies & George, 1972)
  22. Species Desmosoma angustum G. O. Sars, 1899 accepted as Whoia angusta (G. O. Sars, 1899) (basionym)
  23. Species Desmosoma birsteini Menzies, 1962 accepted as Mirabilicoxa birsteini (Menzies, 1962) (basionym)
  24. Species Desmosoma coalescum Menzies & George, 1972 accepted as Nannoniscus coalescum (Menzies & George, 1972)
  25. Species Desmosoma coarctata G. O. Sars, 1899 accepted as Eugerdella coarctata (G. O. Sars, 1899) (basionym)
  26. Species Desmosoma coxalis Birstein, 1963 accepted as Mirabilicoxa coxalis (Birstein, 1963) (basionym)
  27. Species Desmosoma distinctum Birstein, 1963 accepted as Ketosoma distinctum (Birstein, 1963) (basionym)
  28. Species Desmosoma gracilipes Hansen, 1916 accepted as Mirabilicoxa gracilipes (Hansen, 1916) (basionym)
  29. Species Desmosoma intermedia Hult, 1936 accepted as Eugerda intermedia (Hult, 1936) (basionym)
  30. Species Desmosoma magnispina Menzies, 1962 accepted as Mirabilicoxa magnispina (Menzies, 1962) (basionym)
  31. Species Desmosoma natator Hansen, 1916 accepted as Eugerdella natator (Hansen, 1916) (basionym)
  32. Species Desmosoma plebejum Hansen, 1916 accepted as Oecidiobranchus plebejum (Hansen, 1916) (basionym)
  33. Species Desmosoma politum Hansen, 1916 accepted as Eugerdella polita (Hansen, 1916) (basionym)
  34. Species Desmosoma tenuimana G. O. Sars, 1866 accepted as Eugerda tenuimana (G. O. Sars, 1866) (basionym)
  35. Species Desmosoma tenuipes Birstein, 1970 accepted as Mirabilicoxa tenuipes (Birstein, 1970) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sars, G.O. (1864). Om en anomal Gruppe af Isopoder. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1863: 205-221., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44339337 [details] OpenAccess publication
Taxonomy Currently paraphyletic owing to Brix (2007)  
Taxonomy Currently paraphyletic owing to Brix (2007) [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Desmosoma G. O. Sars, 1864. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118319 on 2025-05-16
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Desmosoma G. O. Sars, 1864. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118319 on 2025-05-16
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
db_admin
2007-11-28 15:20:16Z
checked
Schotte, Marilyn
2011-08-24 07:59:53Z
changed
Wilson, George D.F.
2017-08-15 03:09:52Z
changed
Merrin, Kelly L.
2019-06-24 11:44:12Z
changed
Boyko, Christopher B.
2023-05-01 20:42:00Z
changed
Boyko, Christopher B.

original description Sars, G.O. (1864). Om en anomal Gruppe af Isopoder. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1863: 205-221., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44339337 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source 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  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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Taxonomy Currently paraphyletic owing to Brix (2007) [details]
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