ERMS taxon details
Acanthaspidiidae Menzies, 1962
118247 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118247)
accepted
Family
Acanthaspidia Stebbing, 1893 accepted as Iolanthe Beddard, 1886 (type by original designation)
- Genus Ianthopsis Beddard, 1886
- Genus Iolanthe Beddard, 1886
- Genus Acanthaspidia Stebbing, 1893 accepted as Iolanthe Beddard, 1886 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Menzies, R. J. (1962). The isopods of abyssal depths in the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Vema Research Series.</em> 1: 79-206., available online at http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/19789/19789.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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. Acanthaspidiidae Menzies, 1962. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118247 on 2025-04-26
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Acanthaspidiidae Menzies, 1962. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118247 on 2025-04-26
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(of ) Menzies, R. J. (1962). The isopods of abyssal depths in the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Vema Research Series.</em> 1: 79-206., available online at http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/19789/19789.pdf [details] Available for editors
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in RoR) [details]
additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors
additional source 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 Just, J. (2001). New species of Mexicope, stat. nov. and Ianthopsis from Australia and a rediagnosis of Acanthaspidiidae (Isopoda. <em>Asellota). Invertebrate Taxonomy.</em> 15: 909-925., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/IT00037 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in RoR) [details]
additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors
additional source 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 Just, J. (2001). New species of Mexicope, stat. nov. and Ianthopsis from Australia and a rediagnosis of Acanthaspidiidae (Isopoda. <em>Asellota). Invertebrate Taxonomy.</em> 15: 909-925., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/IT00037 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
