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

Politolana microphthalma (Hoek, 1882)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

PolitolanaBruce, 1981accepted genus name

Species group names

Cirolana microphthalma Hoek, 1882 basionym
Cirolana microphthalma Hoek, 1882 synonym
Natatolana microphthalma (Hoek, 1882) synonym

Literature

original description

Hoek P.P.C. (1882). Die Crustaceen gesammelt waehrend der Fahrten des "Willem Barents" in den Jahren 1878 und 1879. Niederlandisches Archiv für Zoologie, Supplementbd. 1, 7, 75 pp.;3 pls.

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

Riseman, S. and Brusca, R. C. (2002) Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of Politolana Bruce, 1981 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 134(1): 57-140.

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Isopod Collection
GBIF

Citation

Bruce, Niel L.; Schotte, M. (2014). Politolana microphthalma (Hoek, 1882). 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:118864

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2010-05-20 by Niel L. Bruce

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