RAS taxon details
Antarcturus zur Strassen, 1902
174514 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174514)
accepted
Genus
Antarcturus oryx zur Strassen, 1902 (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Antarcturus alimus Schultz, 1978
- Species Antarcturus furcatus (Studer, 1882)
- Species Antarcturus giganteus Brandt, 1990
- Species Antarcturus glacialis (Beddard, 1886)
- Species Antarcturus hempeli Wägele, 1988
- Species Antarcturus hodgsoni Richardson, 1913
- Species Antarcturus horridus Tattersall, 1921
- Species Antarcturus johnstoni Hale, 1946
- Species Antarcturus nonatoi Pires & Sumida, 1997
- Species Antarcturus oryx zur Strassen, 1902
- Species Antarcturus polaris (Hodgson, 1902)
- Species Antarcturus schmidti Brandt, 1990
- Species Antarcturus signiensis White, 1979
- Species Antarcturus spinacoronatus Schultz, 1978
- Species Antarcturus strasseni Brandt, 1990
- Species Antarcturus usitatus Schultz, 1978
- Species Antarcturus weddelli Brandt, 1990
- Species Antarcturus hiemalis Hodgson, 1910 accepted as Dolichiscus hiemalis (Hodgson, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Antarcturus princeps Kussakin & Vasina, 1998 accepted as Marmachius princeps (Kussakin & Vasina, 1998)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
zur Strassen, O. (1902). Ueber die Gattung <i>Arcturus</i> und die Arcturiden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 25: 682-689. [details] 
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. Antarcturus zur Strassen, 1902. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174514 on 2026-07-26
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Antarcturus zur Strassen, 1902. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174514 on 2026-07-26
Date
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original description
zur Strassen, O. (1902). Ueber die Gattung <i>Arcturus</i> und die Arcturiden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 25: 682-689. [details]
basis of record Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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]
subsequent type designation Stebbing, T.R.R. (1908). South African Crustacea. Part IV. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 6: 1-96, pls. 1-15. [details]
basis of record Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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]
subsequent type designation Stebbing, T.R.R. (1908). South African Crustacea. Part IV. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 6: 1-96, pls. 1-15. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Classification Member of the family Arcturidae according to RAMS [details]
From editor or global species database
