WoRMS taxon details
Stylomesus Wolff, 1956
174952 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174952)
accepted
Genus
Rhabdomesus inermis Vanhöffen, 1914 accepted as Stylomesus inermis (Vanhöffen, 1914) (type by monotypy)
Gomphomesus Wolff, 1962 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helomesus Wolff, 1962 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Stylomesus elegans Menzies, 1962
- Species Stylomesus gorbunovi Gurjanova, 1946
- Species Stylomesus granulosus Menzies, 1962
- Species Stylomesus hexapodus Brokeland & Brandt, 2004
- Species Stylomesus hexaspinosus Birstein, 1963
- Species Stylomesus hexatuberculatus Birstein, 1971
- Species Stylomesus inermis (Vanhöffen, 1914)
- Species Stylomesus malyutinae Brandt & Stüven, 2015
- Species Stylomesus menziesi Birstein, 1960
- Species Stylomesus natalensis Kensley, 1984
- Species Stylomesus pacificus Birstein, 1960
- Species Stylomesus productus Menzies, 1962
- Species Stylomesus regularis Menzies, 1962
- Species Stylomesus sarsi Merrin & Poore, 2003
- Species Stylomesus simplex Menzies, 1962
- Species Stylomesus simulans Menzies, 1962
- Species Stylomesus spinulosus Menzies, 1962
- Species Stylomesus weddellensis Brandt & Andres, 2008
- Species Stylomesus wolffi Birstein, 1960
- Species Stylomesus gracilis Birstein, 1960 accepted as Ischnomesus gracilis (Birstein, 1960) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Wolff, T. (1956) Isopoda from depths exceeding 6000 meters. Galathea Report 2: 85-157. [details] Available for editors 
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Boyko, C.B.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Stylomesus Wolff, 1956. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174952 on 2025-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Wolff, T. (1956) Isopoda from depths exceeding 6000 meters. Galathea Report 2: 85-157. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Gomphomesus Wolff, 1962) Wolff, T. (1962). The systematics and biology of bathyal and abyssal Isopoda Asellota. <em>Galathea Report.</em> 6: 7–320, pl. 1–19., available online at https://samlinger.snm.ku.dk/en/library/library-of-the-natural-history-museum-of-denmark/galathea-report-1957-2005/ [details]
original description (of Helomesus Wolff, 1962) Wolff, T. (1962). The systematics and biology of bathyal and abyssal Isopoda Asellota. <em>Galathea Report.</em> 6: 7–320, pl. 1–19., available online at https://samlinger.snm.ku.dk/en/library/library-of-the-natural-history-museum-of-denmark/galathea-report-1957-2005/ [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]
[request]original description (of Gomphomesus Wolff, 1962) Wolff, T. (1962). The systematics and biology of bathyal and abyssal Isopoda Asellota. <em>Galathea Report.</em> 6: 7–320, pl. 1–19., available online at https://samlinger.snm.ku.dk/en/library/library-of-the-natural-history-museum-of-denmark/galathea-report-1957-2005/ [details]
original description (of Helomesus Wolff, 1962) Wolff, T. (1962). The systematics and biology of bathyal and abyssal Isopoda Asellota. <em>Galathea Report.</em> 6: 7–320, pl. 1–19., available online at https://samlinger.snm.ku.dk/en/library/library-of-the-natural-history-museum-of-denmark/galathea-report-1957-2005/ [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
