Isopoda taxon details
Mesanthura nigra Müller, 1993
211380 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211380)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Mueller, H. G. (1993) The genus Mesanthura Barnard, 1914 from coral reefs in Kenya and Malaysia, with descriptions of three new species (Crustacea: Isopoda: Anthurida). Mittelungen aus dem Zoologischer Museum in Berlin 1: 19-44. [details]
Holotype ZMB 26941, verbatimGeounit Kenya; Watamu-area,...
Holotype ZMB 26941, verbatimGeounit Kenya; Watamu-area, ... [details]
Depth range intertidal
Depth range intertidal [details]
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. Mesanthura nigra Müller, 1993. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211380 on 2024-07-30
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Mueller, H. G. (1993) The genus Mesanthura Barnard, 1914 from coral reefs in Kenya and Malaysia, with descriptions of three new species (Crustacea: Isopoda: Anthurida). Mittelungen aus dem Zoologischer Museum in Berlin 1: 19-44. [details]
basis of record Kensley, B. & M. Schotte (2000). New species and records of anthuridean crustaceans from the Indian Ocean. Journal of Natural History 34: 2057-2121. [details]
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]
basis of record Kensley, B. & M. Schotte (2000). New species and records of anthuridean crustaceans from the Indian Ocean. Journal of Natural History 34: 2057-2121. [details]
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]
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Holotype ZMB 26941, verbatimGeounit Kenya; Watamu-area, ... [details]
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Depth range intertidal [details]