Acanthaspidiidae Menzies, 1962

Bruce, Niel L., 2004, Mexicope sushara sp. nov., the first New Zealand record of the isopod crustacean family Acanthaspidiidae (Asellota), Zootaxa 489, pp. 1-11 : 2

Family Acanthaspidiidae Menzies, 1962

Remarks.– For discussion on the family see Brandt (1991), Just (2001) and Poore & Lew Ton (2002). Brandt (1991) provides details and a key to separate the genera Acanthaspidia and Ianthopsis . There are differing opinions as to the spelling of the family name. I am of the opinion that the stem is Acanthaspidi– (by removal of the feminine genitive ending of the type genus name), and therefore the spelling is Acanthaspidiidae . This is also the prevailing usage in recent years ( Brandt 1991; Just 2001; Martin & Davis 2001; Poore & Lew Ton 2002).