WoRMS name details
Abyssianiridae Menzies, 1956
1672990 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1672990)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Family
Abyssianira Menzies, 1956 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Menzies, R. J. (1956). New abyssal tropical Atlantic isopods, with observations on their biology. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1798: 1-16.
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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. Abyssianiridae Menzies, 1956. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1672990 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Menzies, R. J. (1956). New abyssal tropical Atlantic isopods, with observations on their biology. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1798: 1-16.
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy
Just, J. (1990) Abyssianiridae, a synonym of Paramunnidae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota), with two new species of Abyssianira from south-eastern Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 50 (2): 403-415., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.1990.50.12 [details]
