World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans

WoRMS name details

Austroargathona Riek, 1953

AphiaID

293775 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:293775)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted Name

Tachaea Schioedte & Meinert, 1879

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Austroargathona caridophaga Riek, 1953 accepted as Tachaea caridophaga (Riek, 1953) (type by original designation)

Parent

Corallanidae Hansen, 1890

Original name

Austroargathona Riek, 1953

Direct children (2)

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Species Austroargathona caridophaga Riek, 1953 accepted as Tachaea caridophaga (Riek, 1953) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Austroargathona picta Riek, 1967 accepted as Tachaea caridophaga (Riek, 1953) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Riek, E. F. (1953). A corallanid isopod parasitic on freshwater prawns in Queensland. <em>The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 77(5-6): 259-261. [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Austroargathona Riek, 1953. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=293775 on 2025-02-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-02-19 09:31:38Z

created

Schotte, Marilyn

2017-03-09 23:20:37Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2019-02-17 04:41:21Z

changed

Bruce, Niel L.

2023-09-10 16:47:23Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description Riek, E. F. (1953). A corallanid isopod parasitic on freshwater prawns in Queensland. <em>The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 77(5-6): 259-261. [details] Available for editors

[request]

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]