Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Isopoda > Suborder Asellota > Superfamily Janiroidea

Lepidocharontidae Galassi & Bruce in Galassi, Bruce, Fiasca & Dole-Olivier, 2016

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Microcharon Boyko, 2024

Literature

original description

Galassi, D. M.; Bruce, N. L.; Fiasca, B.; Dole-Olivier, M.-J. (2016). A new family Lepidocharontidae with description of Lepidocharon gen. n., from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, and redefinition of the Microparasellidae (Isopoda, Asellota). ZooKeys. 594: 11-50.

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Citation

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. Lepidocharontidae Galassi & Bruce in Galassi, Bruce, Fiasca & Dole-Olivier, 2016. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:956858

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2024-03-01 by Christopher B. Boyko

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