WoRMS taxon details
Desmosomatidae G. O. Sars, 1897
118250 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118250)
accepted
Family
Desmosoma G. O. Sars, 1864 (type by original designation)
Desmosomidae G. O. Sars, 1897 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling
Pseudomesidae Hansen, 1916 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pseudomesini Hansen, 1916 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Subfamily Desmosomatinae G. O. Sars, 1897
- Genus Balbidocolon Hessler, 1970
- Genus Desmosoma G. O. Sars, 1864
- Genus Echinopleura G. O. Sars, 1897
- Genus Eugerda Meinert, 1890
- Genus Mirabilicoxa Hessler, 1970
- Genus Momedossa Hessler, 1970
- Genus Pseudomesus Hansen, 1916
- Genus Torwolia Hessler, 1970
- Subfamily Eugerdellatinae Hessler, 1970
- Genus Chelantermedia Brix, 2006
- Genus Chelator Hessler, 1970
- Genus Chelibranchus Mezhov, 1986
- Genus Cryodesma Svavarsson, 1988
- Genus Disparella Hessler, 1970
- Genus Eugerdella Kussakin, 1965
- Genus Oecidiobranchus Hessler, 1970
- Genus Paradesmosoma Kussakin, 1965
- Genus Parvochelus Brix & Kihara, 2015
- Genus Prochelator Hessler, 1970
- Genus Reductosoma Brandt, 1992
- Genus Whoia Hessler, 1970
- Genus Desmosomella Kussakin, 1965 accepted as Eugerdella Kussakin, 1965 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Pseudogerda Kussakin, 1965 accepted as Eugerda Meinert, 1890 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Desmosomidae G. O. Sars, 1897) Sars, G. O. (1896-1899). An account of the Crustacea of Norway with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Volume II. Isopoda. <em>Bergen Museum, Bergen.</em> i-x + 1-270, pls. 1-104., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32173012 [details] 
Boyko, C.B.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Desmosomatidae G. O. Sars, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118250 on 2025-07-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pseudomesini Hansen, 1916) Hansen, H. J. (1916). Crustacea Malacostraca. III. V. The order Isopoda. <em>The Danish Ingolf–Expedition.</em> 3(5): iii+ 262 pp., 16 pls. [details]
original description (of Desmosomidae G. O. Sars, 1897) Sars, G. O. (1896-1899). An account of the Crustacea of Norway with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Volume II. Isopoda. <em>Bergen Museum, Bergen.</em> i-x + 1-270, pls. 1-104., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32173012 [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]
original description (of Desmosomidae G. O. Sars, 1897) Sars, G. O. (1896-1899). An account of the Crustacea of Norway with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Volume II. Isopoda. <em>Bergen Museum, Bergen.</em> i-x + 1-270, pls. 1-104., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32173012 [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]
Identification resource
identification resource
Brix, S.; Leese, F.; Riehl, T.; Kihara, T. C. (2015). A new genus and new species of Desmosomatidae Sars, 1897 (Isopoda) from the eastern south Atlantic abyss described by means of integrative taxonomy. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 45(1): 7-61., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-014-0218-3 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Synonymy Desmosomidae - G. 0. Sars, 1897 : 118 (partim); Menzies, 1962a: 28; 1962b : 162.Desmosomatini Hansen, 1916: 105-106; Nordenstam, 1933 : 254; H u l t , 1936: 1-2; 1937: 18.
Desmosomatidae Gurjanova, 1932 : 57; Birstein, 1963 : 89; Kussakin, 1965 : 117-118; Hessler, 1970 : 20; Svavarsson, 1984 : 42-43; Mezhov, 1986 : 186; Svavarsson, 1988 : 3-4. [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | デスモソーマ科 | [details] |
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Desmosomatidae)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (7 traits)
To ITIS
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