Deep-Sea taxon details
Vemathambema elongata Menzies, 1962
263991 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:263991)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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 
Holotype AMNH 12073, geounit South East Atlantic
, Note S.E. Atlantic
Holotype AMNH 12073, geounit South East Atlantic [details]
From editor or global species database
type locality S.E. Atlantic [details]
Depth range 4935
Depth range 4935 [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. Vemathambema elongata Menzies, 1962. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=263991 on 2026-05-11
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Vemathambema elongata Menzies, 1962. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=263991 on 2026-05-11
Date
action
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original description
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 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]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AMNH 12073, geounit South East Atlantic [details]
