WoRMS taxon details
Spectrarcturus murdochi (Benedict, 1898)
1470813 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1470813)
accepted
Species
Arcturus murdochi Benedict, 1898 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Pleuroprion murdochi (Benedict, 1898) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Spectrarcturus multispinatus Schultz, 1981 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Arcturus murdochi Benedict, 1898) Benedict, J. E. (1898) The Arcturidae of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 12: 41-51. [details]
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. Spectrarcturus murdochi (Benedict, 1898). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1470813 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Spectrarcturus multispinatus Schultz, 1981) Schultz, G. A. (1981). Biology of the Antarctic seas X. 3. Arcturidae from the Antarctic and southern seas (Isopoda, Valvifera) Part I. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 32: 63-94. [details] Available for editors 
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original description (of Arcturus murdochi Benedict, 1898) Benedict, J. E. (1898) The Arcturidae of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 12: 41-51. [details]
new combination reference Stransky, B.; Svavarsson, J.; Poore, G. C.; Kihara, T. C. (2020). Revision of <em>Pleuroprion</em> zur Strassen, 1903 (Holidoteidae) and re-evaluation of <em>Spectrarcturus</em> Schultz, 1981 (Arcturidae) (Crustacea, Isopoda, Valvifera). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4894(1): 1-52., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4894.1.1
page(s): 15 [details]
[request]original description (of Arcturus murdochi Benedict, 1898) Benedict, J. E. (1898) The Arcturidae of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 12: 41-51. [details]
new combination reference Stransky, B.; Svavarsson, J.; Poore, G. C.; Kihara, T. C. (2020). Revision of <em>Pleuroprion</em> zur Strassen, 1903 (Holidoteidae) and re-evaluation of <em>Spectrarcturus</em> Schultz, 1981 (Arcturidae) (Crustacea, Isopoda, Valvifera). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4894(1): 1-52., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4894.1.1
page(s): 15 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Arcturus murdochi Benedict, 1898) USNM, verbatimGeounit USA. 10 miles west o... [details]
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) (from synonym Pleuroprion murdochi (Benedict, 1898))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pleuroprion murdochi (Benedict, 1898))
To PESI (from synonym Spectrarcturus multispinatus Schultz, 1981)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Arcturus murdochi Benedict, 1898)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 181264) (from synonym Spectrarcturus multispinatus Schultz, 1981)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pleuroprion murdochi (Benedict, 1898))
To PESI (from synonym Spectrarcturus multispinatus Schultz, 1981)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Arcturus murdochi Benedict, 1898)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 181264) (from synonym Spectrarcturus multispinatus Schultz, 1981)
