original description
Milne Edwards, A. (1879). Sur un isopode gigantesque, des grandes profondeurs de la mer. <em>Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences.</em> 88: 21-23., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3720307 [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]
redescription
Bruce, N. L. (1986) Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum Supplement 6: 1-239. [details]
identification resource
Lowry, J. K.; Dempsey, K. (2006). The giant deep-sea scavenger genus Bathynomus (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. <em>in: Richer de Forges, B. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 24. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993).</em> 193: 163-192. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Per ICZN Opinion 1668, Bathynomus A. Milne Edwards, 1879 is to be given precedence over Palaega Woodward, 1870 when the two genera are considered synonymous. [details]
From editor or global species database
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