MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Anthura gracilis (Montagu, 1808)

WoRMS taxon details

Anthura gracilis (Montagu, 1808)

AphiaID

118467 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118467)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Anthura Leach, 1814

Original name

Oniscus gracilis Montagu, 1808

Synonymised names

Oniscus gracilis Montagu, 1808 · unaccepted (basionym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Oniscus gracilis Montagu, 1808) Montagu, G. (1808). Description of several marine animals found on the south coast of Devonshire. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 9: 81-114, pls. 2-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/757838 [details]

Descriptive notes

Depth range intertidal, shallow

Depth range intertidal, shallow [details]

Taxonomic citation

Boyko, C.B.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Anthura gracilis (Montagu, 1808). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118467 on 2025-05-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2008-01-03 13:02:48Z

checked

Schotte, Marilyn

2009-02-20 10:38:06Z

changed

Poore, Gary C.B.

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Oniscus gracilis Montagu, 1808) Montagu, G. (1808). Description of several marine animals found on the south coast of Devonshire. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 9: 81-114, pls. 2-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/757838 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source Barnard, K.H. (1925). A Revision of the Family Anthuridae (Crustacea Isopoda), with Remarks on certain Morphological Peculiarities. Journ. Limn. Soc (London) (Zool.) 36: 109-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]

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]

additional source Rappé, G. (1989). Annoted checklist of the marine and brackish-water Isopoda (Crustacea, Malacostraca) of Belgium, in: Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.) (1989). Proceedings of the Symposium "Invertebrates of Belgium". pp. 165-168 (look up in IMIS) [details]