WoRMS taxon details
Thaumastosoma Hessler, 1970
118330 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118330)
accepted
Genus
Thaumastosoma platycarpus Hessler, 1970 (type by original designation)
Leutziniscus George, 2001 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (junior synonym)
- Species Thaumastosoma diva Kaiser & Jennings in Kaiser, Brix, Kihara, Janssen & Jennings, 2018
- Species Thaumastosoma platycarpus Hessler, 1970
- Species Thaumastosoma tenue Hessler, 1970
- Species Thaumastosoma distinctum (Birstein, 1963) accepted as Ketosoma distinctum (Birstein, 1963) (changed genus)
- Species Thaumastosoma jebamoni (George, 2001) accepted as Ketosoma jebamoni (George, 2001) (changed genus)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hessler, R. R. (1970). The Desmosomatidae (Isopoda: Asellota) of the Gay Head - Bermuda Transect. <em>Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.</em> 15: 1-185., available online at http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1203&context=sio [details] Available for editors 
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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. Thaumastosoma Hessler, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118330 on 2025-04-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Hessler, R. R. (1970). The Desmosomatidae (Isopoda: Asellota) of the Gay Head - Bermuda Transect. <em>Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.</em> 15: 1-185., available online at http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1203&context=sio [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Leutziniscus George, 2001) George, R. Y. (2001). Desmosomatidae and Nannoniscidae (Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellota) from bathyal and abyssal depths off North Carolina and their evolution. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 35(12): 1831-1859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930152667131 [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]
[request]original description (of Leutziniscus George, 2001) George, R. Y. (2001). Desmosomatidae and Nannoniscidae (Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellota) from bathyal and abyssal depths off North Carolina and their evolution. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 35(12): 1831-1859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930152667131 [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]
Other
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
