WoRMS taxon details
Litarcturus americanus (Beddard, 1886)
257975 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:257975)
accepted
Species
Arcturus americanus Beddard, 1886 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Arcturus americanus Beddard, 1886) Beddard, F. E. (1886). Report on the Isopoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Part II. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 17(48): 1-178, pls. 1-25., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-48/README.htm [details] 
Holotype (of Arcturus americanus Beddard, 1886) BMNH,...
Holotype (of Arcturus americanus Beddard, 1886) BMNH, verbatimGeounit Challenger stn 313, ... [details]
Depth range 40-680
Depth range 40-680 [details]
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. Litarcturus americanus (Beddard, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=257975 on 2025-04-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Arcturus americanus Beddard, 1886) Beddard, F. E. (1886). Report on the Isopoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Part II. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 17(48): 1-178, pls. 1-25., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-48/README.htm [details]
basis of record 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]. [details]
basis of record 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]. [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Poore, G. C. B.; Bruce, N. L. (2012). Global Diversity of Marine Isopods (Except Asellota and Crustacean Symbionts). <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 7(8): e43529., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043529 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Arcturus americanus Beddard, 1886) BMNH, verbatimGeounit Challenger stn 313, ... [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 40-680 [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Arcturus americanus Beddard, 1886)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records) (from synonym Arcturus americanus Beddard, 1886)
To ITIS
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records) (from synonym Arcturus americanus Beddard, 1886)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Image from synonym
