Deep-Sea taxon details
Mesosignum Menzies, 1962
175073 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:175073)
accepted
Genus
Mesosignum kohleri Menzies, 1962 (type by original designation)
- Species Mesosignum admirandum Menzies & Frankenberg, 1967
- Species Mesosignum ansatum Menzies & Frankenberg, 1967
- Species Mesosignum antarcticum Schultz, 1979
- Species Mesosignum asperum Menzies & Frankenberg, 1967
- Species Mesosignum bathyalis Choudhury & Brandt, 2006
- Species Mesosignum brevispinis Birstein, 1963
- Species Mesosignum elegantulum Birstein, 1963
- Species Mesosignum kohleri Menzies, 1962
- Species Mesosignum macrum Menzies & Frankenberg, 1967
- Species Mesosignum magnadens Menzies & Frankenberg, 1967
- Species Mesosignum multidens Menzies & Frankenberg, 1967
- Species Mesosignum truncatum Menzies & George, 1972
- Species Mesosignum usheri Menzies, 1962
- Species Mesosignum vitjazi Birstein, 1963
- Species Mesosignum weddellensis Choudhury & Brandt, 2004
- Species Mesosignum latum Birstein, 1970 accepted as Kurilosignum latum (Birstein, 1970) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Menzies, R. J. (1962). The isopods of abyssal depths in the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Vema Research Series.</em> 1: 79-206., available online at http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/19789/19789.pdf [details] Available for editors 
Boyko, C.B.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Mesosignum Menzies, 1962. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=175073 on 2025-06-04
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Mesosignum Menzies, 1962. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=175073 on 2025-06-04
Date
action
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original description
Menzies, R. J. (1962). The isopods of abyssal depths in the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Vema Research Series.</em> 1: 79-206., available online at http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/19789/19789.pdf [details] Available for editors
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
