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Bathynomus giganteus A.Milne-Edwards, 1879

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Milne Edwards, A. (1879). Sur un isopode gigantesque, des grandes profondeurs de la mer. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires Des Seances De l’Academie Des Sciences, Paris, 88: 21–23. https://www.marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=46581

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Malacostraca
order
Isopoda
family
Cirolanidae
genus
Bathynomus
species
Bathynomus giganteus

Name

Homonyms
Bathynomus giganteus A.Milne-Edwards, 1879
Common names
Bathynome géant in French
Isópodo Gigante in Spanish
Riesenassel in German
Riesenassel in German
bathynomus obrovský in Czech
giant isopod in English
giant isopod in English
ダイオウグソクムシ in Japanese
大王具足虫 in Japanese
大王具足蟲 in Chinese
Riesenassel in German
giant isopod in English

Bibliographic References

  1. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1668 Bathynomus A. Milne Edwards, 1879 (Crustacea, Isopoda): given precedence over Palaega Woodward, 1870.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 49, 86-87 (1992)
  2. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  3. Milne Edwards, A. (1879). Sur un isopode gigantesque, des grandes profondeurs de la mer. <em>Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences.</em> 88: 21-23.
  4. 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].
  5. Schotte, M., J. C. Markham, and G. D. F. Wilson. 2009. Isopoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 973–986 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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