WoRMS taxon details
Alcirona maldivensis Stebbing, 1904
1615637 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1615637)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Stebbing, T. R. R. (1904). Marine crustaceans. XII. Isopoda, with description of a new genus. Pp. 699-721, pls. 49-53 in J. S. Gardiner (ed.), The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes Being the Account of the Work Carried on and of the Collections made by an Expedition during the years 1899 and 1900. University Press, Cambridge. [details] 
Note Hulule, Maldive Islands.
From editor or global species database
Type locality Hulule, Maldive Islands. [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. Alcirona maldivensis Stebbing, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1615637 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Stebbing, T. R. R. (1904). Marine crustaceans. XII. Isopoda, with description of a new genus. Pp. 699-721, pls. 49-53 in J. S. Gardiner (ed.), The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes Being the Account of the Work Carried on and of the Collections made by an Expedition during the years 1899 and 1900. University Press, Cambridge. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Bruce NL, Lew Ton HM & Poore GCB. (2002). Corallanidae Hansen, 1890. In: Poore GCB (Ed) Crustacea: Malacostraca: Syncarida and Peracarida: Isopoda, Tanaidacea, Mictacea, Thermosbaenacea, Spelaeogriphacea. <em>Zoological Catalogue of Australia.</em> 19.2A: 164–167. [details]
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment This species was placed into synonymy with Alcirona krebsii by Menzies & Kruckzynski (1983) without discussion, but that was questioned by Delaney (1989), and the synonymy not accepted by Bruce et al. (2002). [details]Type locality Hulule, Maldive Islands. [details]
