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

Politolana microphthalma (Hoek, 1882)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Politolana*	Bruce, 1981	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cirolana microphthalma*	Hoek, 1882	basionym
*Cirolana microphthalma*	Hoek, 1882	synonym
*Natatolana microphthalma*	(Hoek, 1882)	synonym

Literature

original description	Hoek P.P.C. (1882). Die Crustaceen gesammelt waehrend der Fahrten des "Willem Barents" in den Jahren 1878 und 1879. Niederlandisches Archiv für Zoologie, Supplementbd. 1, 7, 75 pp.;3 pls.
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.
redescription	Riseman, S. and Brusca, R. C. (2002) Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of Politolana Bruce, 1981 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 134(1): 57-140.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Isopod Collection
GBIF

Citation

Bruce, Niel L.; Schotte, M. (2014). Politolana microphthalma (Hoek, 1882). 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:118864