WoRMS taxon details

Betamorpha megista Thistle & Hessler, 1977

258027  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:258027)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Peracarida (Superorder)
  9. Isopoda (Order)
  10. Asellota (Suborder)
  11. Janiroidea (Superfamily)
  12. Munnopsidae (Family)
  13. Betamorphinae (Subfamily)
  14. Betamorpha (Genus)
  15. Betamorpha megista (Species)
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] 
Holotype  USNM 155072, geounit Baja California  
Holotype USNM 155072, geounit Baja California [details]
, Note Baja California, Mexico  
From editor or global species database
type locality Baja California, Mexico [details]
Depth range 3616-4021  
Depth range 3616-4021 [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. Betamorpha megista Thistle & Hessler, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=258027 on 2025-04-05
Date
action
by
2008-01-03 13:02:48Z
created
Schotte, Marilyn
2019-05-24 09:00:53Z
changed
Boyko, Christopher B.

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Nomenclature

original description 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] 

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] 

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype USNM 155072, geounit Baja California [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 3616-4021 [details]

type locality Baja California, Mexico [details]
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