original description
(of Metanthura indica Nierstrasz, 1941) Nierstrasz, H. F. (1941) Die Isopoden der Siboga-Expedition. IV. Isopoda Genuina. III. Gnathiidea, Anthuridea, Valvifera, Asellota, Phreatocoidea. Siboga Expeditie Monographie 32d: 235-305. [details]
basis of record
Kensley, B. & M. Schotte (2000). New species and records of anthuridean crustaceans from the Indian Ocean. Journal of Natural History 34: 2057-2121. [details]
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]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 73 [details]
distribution Natal, South Africa to Mozambique, 17-100 m (Kensley, 1980) [details]