WoRMS taxon details
Bathygnathia affinis Birstein, 1963
257088 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:257088)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Birstein, J. A. (1963) Deep-sea isopod crustaceans of the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Institute of Oceanology of the U.S.S.R., Akademii Nauk: Moscow [in Russian with English summary] 213 pp. [details] Available for editors
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Note N.W. Pacific
From editor or global species database
type locality N.W. Pacific [details]
Depth range 950-1000
Depth range 950-1000 [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. Bathygnathia affinis Birstein, 1963. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=257088 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Birstein, J. A. (1963) Deep-sea isopod crustaceans of the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Institute of Oceanology of the U.S.S.R., Akademii Nauk: Moscow [in Russian with English summary] 213 pp. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record 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]

basis of record 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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Shimomura, M.; Ohta, S.; Tanaka, K. (2008). Bathygnathia from Japan (Isopoda, Gnathiidae) with description of a new species. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 81(6): 737-749., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854008784513438 [details] Available for editors
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Other
context source (Deepsea)
Poore, G. C. B.; Bruce, N. L. (2012). Global Diversity of Marine Isopods (Except Asellota and Crustacean Symbionts). <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 7(8): e43529., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043529 [details] 




