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

Alitropus typus H. Milne Edwards, 1840

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AlitropusH. Milne Edwards, 1840accepted genus name

Species group names

Alitropus foveolatus Schiödte & Meinert, 1879 synonym

Literature

original description

Milne Edwards, H., 1834-1840. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, comprenant l’anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux: 1-468, 1-532, 1-638, 1-32, Plates 1-42. Librairie encyclopédique de Roret, Paris.

basis of record

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.

additional source

Bruce N.L. (1983). Aegidae (Isopoda,Crustacea) from Australia with descriptions of three new species. Journal of Natural History, 17, 5, 757-788.

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Isopod Collection
GBIF

Citation

Bruce, Niel L.; Schotte, M. (2014). Alitropus typus H. Milne Edwards, 1840. 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:256453

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


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Importance

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Last modified

2008-02-05 by Niel L. Bruce

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