Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Isopoda > Suborder Asellota > Superfamily Janiroidea > Family Ischnomesidae

Heteromesus Richardson, 1908

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Heteromesus dentatus Hansen, 1916
Heteromesus frigidus Hansen, 1916
Heteromesus greenii (Tattersall, 1905)
Heteromesus schmidtii Hansen, 1916
Heteromesus similis Richardson, 1911
Heteromesus spinosus (Beddard, 1886)
Heteromesus wolffi Chardy, 1974

Literature

original description	Richardson, H. (1908). Some new Isopoda of the superfamily Aselloidea from the Atlantic coast of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 35(1633): 71-86.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, 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. 315-321
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].
identification resource	Cunha, M. R. and Wilson, G. D. F. (2006) The North Atlantic genus Heteromesus (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota: Ischnomesidae) Zootaxa 1192: 1-76.

Genbank

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. Heteromesus Richardson, 1908. 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:118357