Genus Paranthura Spence Bate & Westwood, 1868

Museums

Regional Maps

• Paranthura Spence Bate, C. & Westwood, J.O. 1868. A History of the British Sessile-eyed Crustacea. London : John Van Voorst Vol. II Pts 20-23, pp. 401-536. [165].

  Type species:

   Paranthura costana Bate & Westwood, 1868 by monotypy.

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

PARANTHURIDAE: Paranthura flagellata Chilton, 1882 — Poore, G.C.B. 1984. Paranthura (Crustacea, Isopoda, Paranthuridae) from south-eastern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 45: 33-69

PARANTHURIDAE: Paranthura punctata Stimpson, 1855 — Poore, G.C.B. 1984. Paranthura (Crustacea, Isopoda, Paranthuridae) from south-eastern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 45: 33-69

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), 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

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: SE oceanic
  • Lord Howe Island
  • New South Wales
  • South Australia
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	PERACARIDA Calman, 1904	13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED	Lauren Timms (NMV) Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV)
05-Aug-2022	ISOPODA Latreille, 1817	13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
		13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED