Wetzer, R., Delaney, P. M. and Brusca, R. C. (1987) Politolana wickstenae new species, a new cirolanid isopod from the Gulf of Mexico, and a review of the "Conilera genus-group" of Bruce (1986). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 392: 1-10.[details]
original descriptionWetzer, R., Delaney, P. M. and Brusca, R. C. (1987) Politolana wickstenae new species, a new cirolanid isopod from the Gulf of Mexico, and a review of the "Conilera genus-group" of Bruce (1986). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 392: 1-10.[details]
context source (Deepsea)Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online athttp://www.iobis.org/[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]
additional sourceSchotte, M., J. C. Markham, and G. D. F. Wilson. 2009. Isopoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 973–986 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.[details]
redescriptionRiseman, S. and Brusca, R. C. (2002) Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of <i>Politolana</i> Bruce, 1981 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 134(1): 57-140.[details]
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