Genus Mesanthura Barnard, 1914
- Mesanthura Barnard, K.H. 1914. Contributions to the crustacean fauna of South Africa. 3. – Additions to the marine Isopoda, with notes on some previously incompletely known species. Annals of the South African Museum 10: 325a-358a, 359-442, pls xxvii-xxxviii [343].
Type species:
Anthura catenula Stimpson, 1855 by monotypy.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
ANTHURIDAE: Mesanthura maculata (Haswell, 1881) [confined to New Zealand, see Poore & Lew Ton (1986: 88)] — Haswell, W.A. 1881. On some new Australian marine Isopoda – Part I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 5: 470-481, pls 16-19 (now in Accalathura)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
- Madagascar
- Mozambique
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, G. Aust. Bight, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast
Distribution References
General References
Poore, G.C.B. & Lew Ton, H.M. 1986. Mesanthura (Crustacea: Isopoda: Anthuridae) from south-eastern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 47: 87-104
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Aug-2022 | PERACARIDA Calman, 1904 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | Lauren Timms (NMV) Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV) |
| 05-Aug-2022 | ISOPODA Latreille, 1817 | 17-May-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
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