title: Nomenclatural changes in two families of asellote isopods (Acanthaspidiidae and Ischnomesidae).
abstract: Iolanthe Beddard, 1886a is shown to be a senior synonyn of Acanthaspidia Stebbing, 1893, the replacement name for the preoccupied Acanthoniscus Sars, 1879 (Isopoda: Asellota: Acanthaspidiidae). Ischnomesus kussakini nom. nov. is erected as a replacement name for Ischnomesus antarcticus (Kussakin, 1982), preoccupied in this combination (Isopoda: Asellota: Ischnomesidae).
authors.affiliation: Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, Vic. 3001, Australia.; Email: kellymerrin@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Kelly L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Merrin
authors.affiliation: Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, Vic. 3001, Australia.; Email: kellymerrin@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Gary C B
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Poore
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D033321:Isopoda / Q000145:classification*; D009626:Terminology as Topic