Curassanthura bermudensis

Curassanthura bermudensis
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Family:	Leptanthuridae
Genus:	Curassanthura
Species:	C. bermudensis
Binomial name
	Curassanthura bermudensis; Wägele & Brandt, 1985

Curassanthura bermudensis is a species of isopod crustacean in the family Leptanthuridae, endemic to Bermuda. It was described in 1985 by Johann Wägele and Angelika Brandt on the basis of a single immature specimen.[2] This holotype specimen, which is 3 millimetres (0.12 in) long, was collected from Church Cave in Hamilton Parish, Bermuda, and is now stored at the Zoological Museum Amsterdam.[2]

References

Iliffe, T.M. (1996). "Curassanthura bermudensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T5972A11999000. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T5972A11999000.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
Johann Wolfgang Wägele & Angelika Brandt (1985). "New West Atlantic localities for the stygobiont paranthurid Curassanthura (Crustacea, Isopoda, Anthuridea) with description of C. bermudensis n. sp" (PDF). Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. 55 (2): 324–330. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2011.

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[iucn_status_16_November_2021-1] Iliffe, T.M. (1996). "Curassanthura bermudensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T5972A11999000. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T5972A11999000.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

[Wägele-2] Johann Wolfgang Wägele & Angelika Brandt (1985). "New West Atlantic localities for the stygobiont paranthurid Curassanthura (Crustacea, Isopoda, Anthuridea) with description of C. bermudensis n. sp" (PDF). Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. 55 (2): 324–330. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2011.