Global diversity of marine isopods (except Asellota and crustacean symbionts)

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Poore, Gary C.B., Bruce, Niel L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Public Library of Science 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; Antarctic; Pacific; Giganteus; Antarc*; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/24973/1/24973_Poore_and_Bruce_2012.pdf

The crustacean order Isopoda (excluding Asellota, crustacean symbionts and freshwater taxa) comprise 3154 described marine species in 379 genera in 37 families according to the WoRMS catalogue. The history of taxonomic discovery over the last two centuries is reviewed. Although a well defined order...