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 Paramunnidae

Pleurogonium G. O. Sars, 1872

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pleuracantha*	G. O. Sars, 1864	synonym

Children

Pleurogonium inerme G. O. Sars, 1883
Pleurogonium intermedium Hansen, 1916
Pleurogonium pulchrum Hansen, 1916
Pleurogonium rubicundum (G. O. Sars, 1864)
Pleurogonium spinosissimum (G. O. Sars, 1866)

Literature

original description	Sars, G. O. (1872). Undersøgelser over Hardangerfjordens fauna. Forhadlingar i Videnskabs-Sselskabet i Christiania. 1871: 246-286.
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].

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. Pleurogonium G. O. Sars, 1872. 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:118388