Dendrotion elegans Lincoln & Boxshall, 1983
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Dendrotion elegans Lincoln & Boxshall, 1983
- Name authority
- Lincoln & Boxshall, 1983
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Isopoda
- Family
- Dendrotionidae
- Genus
- Dendrotion
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumCrustacea
- classMalacostraca
- orderIsopoda Latreille, 1816
- suborderAsellota Latreille, 1802
- superfamilyJaniroidea G. O. Sars, 1897
- familyDendrotionidae Vanhöffen, 1914
- genusDendrotion G. O. Sars, 1872
- speciesDendrotion elegans Lincoln & Boxshall, 1983
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dendrotion. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Dendrotion forbesi George, 2004 | DendrotionidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dendrotion onychogalea Cohen, 1998 | DendrotionidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dendrotion paradoxum Hansen, 1916 | DendrotionidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dendrotion petrogale Cohen, 1998 | DendrotionidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dendrotion setosum Lincoln & Boxshall, 1983 | DendrotionidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Lincoln, R.J. & G.A. Boxshall. (1983). Deep-sea asellote isopods of the north-east Atlantic; the family Dendrotionidae and some new ectoparasitic copepods. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, 79: 297–318. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1983.tb01168.x Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:34SMC. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.