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Desmosoma

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Desmosoma
illustration of Desmosoma lineare in An account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species, by Georg Ossian Sars (1837-1927)
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Desmosoma

Sars, 1864
Type species
Desmosoma lineare
Sars, 1864, by subsequent designation: Sars, 1897

Desmosoma is a genus of isopods belonging to the suborder Asellota.[1]

Species

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The Genus contains these 23 species:[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Desmosoma | Taxonomy Browser | BOLDSYSTEMS". www.boldsystems.org. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Desmosoma G. O. Sars, 1864". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-09-15.

Further reading

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  • Brix, S. (2007). Four new species of Desmosomatidae Sars, 1897 (Crustacea: Isopoda) from the deep sea of the Angola Basin. Marine Biology Research 3: 205–230.
  • Hessler, R.R. (1970). The Desmosomatidae (Isopoda, Asellota) of the Gay Head-Bermuda Transect. Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography 15, 1-185.
  • Sars, G.O. (1864). Om en anomal Gruppe af Isopoder. Forhandlinger i Videnskaps-selskabet i Christiania 1863: 205–221.
  • Sars, G.O. (1897). An account of the Crustacea of Norway. Vol. II. Isopoda. Part VII, VIII. Desmosomidae, Munnopsidae (part). Bergen: 117–144, pl. 49-64.
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