original descriptionCunha, M. R. and Wilson, G. D. F. (2006) The North Atlantic genus Heteromesus (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota: Ischnomesidae) Zootaxa 1192: 1-76., available online athttp://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/zt01192p076.pdf[details]
basis of recordSchotte, 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 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZMUC CRU-9872, geounit Greenlandic part of the Davis Strait [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2140 [details] type locality Greenland : off west Greenland, canyon bordering western margin of the Fylla Structural Complex, 63°14.1'N, 55°26.0'W. [details]