CCZ taxon details
Betamorpha fusiformis (Barnard, 1920)
258024 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:258024)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Barnard, K. H. (1920). Contributions to the crustacean fauna of South Africa. No. 6.- Further additions to the list of marine Isopoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 17(5): 319-438 Plates XV-XVII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1520873 [details] 
Type locality contained in Cape Point
type locality contained in Cape Point [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. (Eds) (2024). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Betamorpha fusiformis (Barnard, 1920). Accessed through: Rabone, M.; Glover, A.G.; Horton, T. (2024) Clarion-Clipperton Zone Species Checklist at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/ccz/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=258024 on 2025-04-18
Rabone, M.; Glover, A.G.; Horton, T. (2025). Clarion-Clipperton Zone Species Checklist. Betamorpha fusiformis (Barnard, 1920). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/CCZ/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=258024 on 2025-04-18
Date
action
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original description
(of ) Barnard, K. H. (1920). Contributions to the crustacean fauna of South Africa. No. 6.- Further additions to the list of marine Isopoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 17(5): 319-438 Plates XV-XVII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1520873 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (CCZ) Brix, S.; Osborn, K. J.; Kaiser, S.; Truskey, S. B.; Schnurr, S. M.; Brenke, N.; Malyutina, M.; Martinez Arbizu, P. (2020). Adult life strategy affects distribution patterns in abyssal isopods – implications for conservation in Pacific nodule areas. <em>Biogeosciences.</em> 17(23): 6163-6184., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-6163-2020 [details] Available for editors
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]
new combination reference Thistle, D. and Hessler, R. (1977) A revision of Betamorpha (Isopoda; Asellota) in the world ocean with three new species. Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology) 60: 275-295., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1977.tb01030.x [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (CCZ) Brix, S.; Osborn, K. J.; Kaiser, S.; Truskey, S. B.; Schnurr, S. M.; Brenke, N.; Malyutina, M.; Martinez Arbizu, P. (2020). Adult life strategy affects distribution patterns in abyssal isopods – implications for conservation in Pacific nodule areas. <em>Biogeosciences.</em> 17(23): 6163-6184., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-6163-2020 [details] Available for editors
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]
new combination reference Thistle, D. and Hessler, R. (1977) A revision of Betamorpha (Isopoda; Asellota) in the world ocean with three new species. Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology) 60: 275-295., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1977.tb01030.x [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
