Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Isopoda > Suborder Cymothoida > Superfamily Cymothooidea > Family Aegidae > Genus Syscenus

Syscenus atlanticus Kononenko, 1988

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

SyscenusHarger, 1880accepted genus name

Literature

original description

Kononenko, A. F. (1988) A new parasitic isopod Syscenus atlanticus n. sp. (Isopoda, Aegidae) from the Atlantic Ocean. Parazitologiya (Leningrad) 22 (3): 266-269.

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, and S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA.

redescription

Brandt, A. and Andres, H.-G. (2008) Description of Aega sarsae sp. nov. and redescription of Syscenus atlanticus Kononenko, 1988 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Aegidae) from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Marine Biology Research, 4(1), 61–75.

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Isopod Collection
GBIF

Citation

Schotte, M. (2014). Syscenus atlanticus Kononenko, 1988. In: Schotte, M.; Boyko, C.B; Bruce, N.L.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. & Wilson, G.D.F. (Eds) (2014) World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118836

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment

no data

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex IV EU Habitat Directive Annex IV: Species of community interest in need of strict protection.
IUCN:
Red List status DD 2008This species is data deficient, there is inadequate information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction based on its distribution and/or population status according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

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2008-01-03 by Marilyn Schotte

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