Deep-Sea name details
Microarcturus ornatus Kensley, 1975
295663 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:295663)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kensley, B. (1975). Marine Isopoda from the continental shelf of South Africa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 67(4): 35-89. [details] Available for editors 
Holotype SAfM A13546, verbatimGeounit South Africa,...
Holotype SAfM A13546, verbatimGeounit South Africa, Still ... [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. Microarcturus ornatus Kensley, 1975. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=295663 on 2026-01-13
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Microarcturus ornatus Kensley, 1975. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=295663 on 2026-01-13
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original description
Kensley, B. (1975). Marine Isopoda from the continental shelf of South Africa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 67(4): 35-89. [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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 SAfM A13546, verbatimGeounit South Africa, Still ... [details]
