Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Isopoda > Suborder Epicaridea > Superfamily Bopyroidea > Family Bopyridae > Subfamily Pleurocryptellinae

Paragigantione Barnard, 1920

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Paragigantione papillosa Barnard, 1920

Literature

original description	Barnard, K. H. (1920). Contributions to the crustacean fauna of South Africa. No. 6.- Further additions to the list of marine Isopoda. Annals of the South African Museum. 17(5): 319-438 Plates XV-XVII.
basis of record	Markham, J.C. (2001). Isopoda, Epicaridea, Bopyridae, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 322.
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].
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
source of synonymy	Bourdon, R. (1972). Sur quelques Bopyridae (Crustacea, Isopoda) parasites de galathéides. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 3e sér. 66: 817-838.
source of synonymy	Bourdon, R. (1981). Bopyriens nouveaux pour la faune européenne de l'Atlantique (Isopoda Epicaridea). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 4e sér. 3 (A):615-634.

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Citation

Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Paragigantione Barnard, 1920. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118179