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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