RAS taxon details
Betamorpha megalocephalis Thistle & Hessler, 1977
174932 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174932)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Thistle, D. and Hessler, R. (1977) A revision of Betamorpha (Isopoda; Asellota) in the world ocean with three new species. Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology) 60: 275-295., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1977.tb01030.x [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. (Eds) (2024). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Betamorpha megalocephalis Thistle & Hessler, 1977. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2024) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174932 on 2025-04-04
RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Betamorpha megalocephalis Thistle & Hessler, 1977. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174932 on 2025-04-04
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Thistle, D. and Hessler, R. (1977) A revision of Betamorpha (Isopoda; Asellota) in the world ocean with three new species. Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology) 60: 275-295., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1977.tb01030.x [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
