Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Isopoda > Suborder Cymothoida > Superfamily Cymothooidea > Family Aegidae > Genus Xenuraega

Xenuraega ptilocera Tattersall, 1909

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Xenuraega*	Tattersall, 1909	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Tattersall W.M. (1909). Amphipoda and Isopoda, with descriptions of new species. Scientific and biological researches in the North Atlantic conducted by the author on his yachts "The Walwin" and "The Silver Belle" by R. Norris Wolfenden. Memoirs of the Challenger Society, 1, pp. 210-219;pls. 4-5.
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
additional source	Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley, and S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA.

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Bruce, Niel L.; Schotte, M. (2014). Xenuraega ptilocera Tattersall, 1909. In: Schotte, M.; Boyko, C.B; Bruce, N.L.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. & Wilson, G.D.F. (Eds) (2014) World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118838