Desmosoma

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

Species

The Genus contains these 23 species:

• Desmosoma affine
• Desmosoma antarcticum
• Desmosoma australis
• Desmosoma brevipes
• Desmosoma dolosa
• Desmosoma elegans
• Desmosoma elongatum
• Desmosoma gigantea
• Desmosoma hesslera
• Desmosoma imbricata
• Desmosoma latipes
• Desmosoma lineare
• Desmosoma lobipes
• Desmosoma modestum
• Desmosoma ochotense
• Desmosoma pannosa
• Desmosoma puritanum
• Desmosoma renatae
• Desmosoma strombergi
• Desmosoma tetarta
• Desmosoma thoracicum
• Desmosoma tyrrhenicum
• Desmosoma zenkewitschi

References

Further reading

• 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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