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 Munnopsidae > Subfamily Munnopsidae incertae sedis > Genus Munnopsurus

Munnopsurus giganteus (G. O. Sars, 1877)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Eurycope G. O. Sars, 1864

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Munnopsurus*	Richardson, 1912	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Munnopsurus arcticus*	Richardson, 1912	synonym

Literature

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].
new combination reference	Hansen, H. J. (1916). Crustacea Malacostraca. III. V. The order Isopoda. The Danish Ingolf–Expedition. 3(5): iii+ 262 pp., 16 pls.

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. Munnopsurus giganteus (G. O. Sars, 1877). 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:118636