Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Isopoda > Suborder Sphaeromatidea > Superfamily Sphaeromatoidea > Family Sphaeromatidae > Genus Lekanesphaera

Lekanesphaera ephippium (Costa, 1882)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

LekanesphaeraVerhoeff, 1943accepted genus name

Literature

original description

Costa, A. (1882) Notize ed osservaziona sulla Geo-fauna sarda. Memorie. 1. Atti Reale Accademia delle Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche, Napoli 9 (11): 1-42.

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.

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

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Citation

Schotte, M. (2014). Lekanesphaera ephippium (Costa, 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:118950

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2008-01-03 by Marilyn Schotte

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