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 Acanthaspidiidae > Genus Iolanthe

Iolanthe decorata Hansen, 1895

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Iolanthe*	Beddard, 1886	accepted genus name
*Acanthoniscus*	G. O. Sars, 1879	junior homonym
*Acanthaspidia*	Stebbing, 1893	synonym

Species group names

*Acanthaspidia decorata*	(Hansen, 1895)	synonym

Literature

original description	Hansen, H. J. (1895). Isopoden, Cumaceen und Stomatopoden der Plankton-Expedition. Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung. 2(G.c.): 1–105, pl. 1–8.
basis of record	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].
source of synonymy	Merrin, K. L. and Poore, G. C. B. (2015). Nomenclatural changes in two families of asellote isopods (Acanthaspidiidae and Ischnomesidae). Zootaxa. 4013(1): 139-142.

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. Iolanthe decorata Hansen, 1895. 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:294618