Plakarthrium

Plakarthrium
Plakarthrium typicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Superfamily: Seroloidea
Family: Plakarthriidae
Chilton, 1883
Genus: Plakarthrium
Chilton, 1883
Species

See text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Chelonidium Pfeffer, 1887

Plakarthrium is a genus of isopods belonging to the monotypic family Plakarthriidae.[2]

The species of this genus are found in the southernmost South Hemisphere.[2]

Species

The genus contains the following Species:[2]

  • Plakarthrium australiense Poore & Brandt, 2001
  • Plakarthrium punctatissimum (Pfeffer, 1887)
  • Plakarthrium typicum Chilton, 1883

References

  1. ^ Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD, eds. (2025). "Plakarthrium Chilton, 1883". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Plakarthrium Chilton, 1883". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 June 2021.