WoRMS taxon details
Politolana obtusispina (Kensley, 1975)
256719 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:256719)
accepted
Species
Cirolana obtusispina Kensley, 1975 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cirolana obtusispina Kensley, 1975) Kensley, B. (1975) Marine Isopoda from the continental shelf of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 67 (4): 35-89. [details]
Note South Africa
From editor or global species database
type locality South Africa [details]
Depth range 120
status Regarded as incerta sedis within Politolana by Riseman & Brusca (2002).
Depth range 120 [details]
status Regarded as incerta sedis within Politolana by Riseman & Brusca (2002).
status Regarded as incerta sedis within Politolana by Riseman & Brusca (2002). [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. Politolana obtusispina (Kensley, 1975). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=256719 on 2024-07-30
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original description
(of Cirolana obtusispina Kensley, 1975) Kensley, B. (1975) Marine Isopoda from the continental shelf of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 67 (4): 35-89. [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]
status source Riseman, S. and Brusca, R. C. (2002) Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of <i>Politolana</i> Bruce, 1981 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 134(1): 57-140. [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]
status source Riseman, S. and Brusca, R. C. (2002) Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of <i>Politolana</i> Bruce, 1981 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 134(1): 57-140. [details]
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