original description
Sars, G. O. (1872). Undersøgelser over Hardangerfjordens fauna. <em>Forhadlingar i Videnskabs-Sselskabet i Christiania.</em> 1871: 246-286., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44067380 [details]
original description
(of Pleuracantha G. O. Sars, 1864) Sars, G.O. (1864). Om en anomal Gruppe af Isopoder. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1863: 205-221., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44339337 [details]
basis of record
van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Citations of the date of the genus as 1864 (and others) are incorrect. This is the first use of the replacement genus name. [details]Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]