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Aega Leach, 1816

118394  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118394)

accepted
Genus
Oniscus psora Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Aega psora (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
Aegacylla Dana, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Aega acuminata Hansen, 1897
  2. Species Aega acuticauda Richardson, 1910
  3. Species Aega affinis Milne Edwards, 1840
  4. Species Aega angustata Whitelegge, 1901
  5. Species Aega antennata Richardson, 1910
  6. Species Aega approximata Richardson, 1910
  7. Species Aega bicarinata Leach, 1818
  8. Species Aega chelipous Barnard, 1960
  9. Species Aega concinna Hale, 1940
  10. Species Aega crenulata Lutken, 1859
  11. Species Aega dofleini Thielemann, 1910
  12. Species Aega ecarinata Richardson, 1898
  13. Species Aega falcata Kensley & Chan, 2001
  14. Species Aega falklandica Kussakin, 1967
  15. Species Aega hirsuta Schiödte & Meinert, 1879
  16. Species Aega komai Bruce, 1996
  17. Species Aega lecontii (Dana, 1854)
  18. Species Aega magnifica (Dana, 1853)
  19. Species Aega maxima Hansen, 1897
  20. Species Aega megalops Norman & Stebbing, 1886
  21. Species Aega microphthalma Dana, 1853
  22. Species Aega monophthalma Johnston, 1834
  23. Species Aega nanhaiensis H. Yu, 2007
  24. Species Aega platyantennata Nunomura, 1993
  25. Species Aega psora (Linnaeus, 1758)
  26. Species Aega punctulata Miers, 1881
  27. Species Aega semicarinata Miers, 1875
  28. Species Aega serripes H. Milne Edwards, 1840
  29. Species Aega sheni H. Yu & Bruce, 2006
  30. Species Aega stevelowei Bruce, 2009
  31. Species Aega tridens Leach, 1816
  32. Species Aega truncata Richardson, 1910
  33. Species Aega urotoma Barnard, 1914
  34. Species Aega webbii (Guérin-Méneville, 1836)
  35. Species Aega whanui Bruce, 2009
  36. Subgenus Aega (Rhamphion) Brusca, 1983 accepted as Aegiochus Bovallius, 1885 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    1. Species Aega (Rhamphion) beri Bruce, 1983 accepted as Aegiochus beri (Bruce, 1983) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    2. Species Aega (Rhamphion) coroo Bruce, 1983 accepted as Aegiochus coroo (Bruce, 1983) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    3. Species Aega (Rhamphion) francoisae Wetzer, 1990 accepted as Aegiochus francoisae (Wetzer, 1990)
    4. Species Aega (Rhamphion) glacialis Tattersall, 1921 accepted as Aegiochus glacialis (Tattersall, 1921)
    5. Species Aega (Rhamphion) lethrina Bruce, 1983 accepted as Epulaega lethrina (Bruce, 1983) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  37. Species Aega alaskensis Lockington, 1877 accepted as Rocinela belliceps (Stimpson, 1864) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  38. Species Aega alazon Bruce, 2004 accepted as Aegapheles alazon (Bruce, 2004)
  39. Species Aega antarctica Hodgson, 1910 accepted as Aegiochus antarctica (Hodgson, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  40. Species Aega antillensis Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 accepted as Aegapheles antillensis (Schioedte & Meinert, 1879)
  41. Species Aega arctica Lütken, 1859 accepted as Aegiochus arctica (Lütken, 1859)
  42. Species Aega australis Richardson, 1906 accepted as Aegiochus antarctica (Hodgson, 1910) (junior homonym of Aega australis Whitelegge, 1901)
  43. Species Aega australis Whitelegge, 1901 accepted as Aegiochus australis (Whitelegge, 1901)
  44. Species Aega banda Bruce, 2004 accepted as Aegapheles banda (Bruce, 2004)
  45. Species Aega basalis Heller, 1865 accepted as Corallana basalis (Heller, 1865) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  46. Species Aega belliceps Stimpson, 1864 accepted as Rocinela belliceps (Stimpson, 1864) (basionym)
  47. Species Aega bicavata Nordenstam, 1930 accepted as Aega semicarinata Miers, 1875
  48. Species Aega birubi Bruce, 2004 accepted as Aegapheles birubi (Bruce, 2004)
  49. Species Aega concharum Stimpson, 1853 accepted as Politolana concharum (Stimpson, 1853) (basionym)
  50. Species Aega coroo Bruce, 1983 accepted as Aegiochus coroo (Bruce, 1983) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  51. Species Aega crozetensis Kussakin & Vasina, 1982 accepted as Aegiochus crozetensis (Kussakin & Vasina, 1982) (basionym)
  52. Species Aega cyclops Haswell, 1881 accepted as Aegiochus cyclops (Haswell, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  53. Species Aega dentata Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 accepted as Aegiochus dentata (Schioedte & Meinert, 1879)
  54. Species Aega dollfusi Monod, 1933 accepted as Aegiochus dollfusi (Monod, 1933)
  55. Species Aega dubia Richardson, 1910 accepted as Aegiochus vigilans (Haswell, 1881) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  56. Species Aega edwardsii Dollfus, 1891 accepted as Aega punctulata Miers, 1881 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  57. Species Aega emarginata Leach, 1818 accepted as Aega psora (Linnaeus, 1758)
  58. Species Aega excisa Richardson, 1910 accepted as Aegapheles excisa (Richardson, 1910)
  59. Species Aega fracta Hale, 1940 accepted as Epulaega fracta (Hale, 1940)
  60. Species Aega giganteocula Nunomura, 1988 accepted as Aegiochus vigilans (Haswell, 1881)
  61. Species Aega glacialis Tattersall, 1921 accepted as Aegiochus glacialis (Tattersall, 1921)
  62. Species Aega gracilipes Hansen, 1895 accepted as Aegiochus gracilipes (Hansen, 1895)
  63. Species Aega hamiota Bruce, 2004 accepted as Aegapheles hamiota (Bruce, 2004)
  64. Species Aega harfordii Lockington, 1877 accepted as Cirolana harfordi (Lockington, 1877) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  65. Species Aega hirta White, 1847 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  66. Species Aega incisa Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 accepted as Aegiochus incisa (Schioedte & Meinert, 1879)
  67. Species Aega japonica Bruce, 2004 accepted as Aegapheles japonica (Bruce, 2004)
  68. Species Aega kixalles Bruce, 2004 accepted as Aegapheles kixalles (Bruce, 2004)
  69. Species Aega koltuni Kussakin, 1967 accepted as Aegiochus antarctica (Hodgson, 1910)
  70. Species Aega kwazulu Bruce, 2004 accepted as Aegapheles kwazulu (Bruce, 2004)
  71. Species Aega leptonica Bruce, 1988 accepted as Aegiochus leptonica (Bruce, 1988)
  72. Species Aega lethrina Bruce, 1983 accepted as Epulaega lethrina (Bruce, 1983) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  73. Species Aega longicornis Hansen, 1897 accepted as Aegiochus longicornis (Hansen, 1897)
  74. Species Aega loveni Bovallius, 1886 accepted as Aegiochus ventrosa (M. Sars, 1859) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  75. Species Aega lovéni Bovallius, 1886 accepted as Aega loveni Bovallius, 1886 accepted as Aegiochus ventrosa (M. Sars, 1859) (unaccepted > incorrect original spelling)
  76. Species Aega macronema Bleeker, 1857 accepted as Argathona macronema (Bleeker, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  77. Species Aega maorum Filhol, 1885 accepted as Pseudaega punctata Thomson, 1883 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  78. Species Aega monilis Barnard, 1914 accepted as Epulaega monilis (Barnard, 1914)
  79. Species Aega musorstom Bruce, 2004 accepted as Aegapheles musorstom (Bruce, 2004)
  80. Species Aega nodosa Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 accepted as Epulaega nodosa (Schioedte & Meinert, 1879)
  81. Species Aega novi-zealandiae Dana, 1853 accepted as Aega novizealandiae Dana, 1853 (unaccepted > incorrect original spelling)
  82. Species Aega ommataphylax Stebbing, 1905 accepted as Aegiochus vigilans (Haswell, 1881) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  83. Species Aega ornata Richardson, 1911 accepted as Tridentella ornata (Richardson, 1911) (basionym)
  84. Species Aega perulis Menzies & George, 1972 accepted as Aegiochus perulis (Menzies & George, 1972)
  85. Species Aega plebeia Hansen, 1897 accepted as Aegiochus plebeia (Hansen, 1897)
  86. Species Aega polita Stimpson, 1853 accepted as Politolana polita (Stimpson, 1853) (basionym)
  87. Species Aega pushkini Kussakin & Vasina, 1982 accepted as Aegiochus pushkini (Kussakin & Vasina, 1982)
  88. Species Aega quadratasinus Richardson, 1903 accepted as Aegiochus quadratasinus (Richardson, 1903)
  89. Species Aega rickbruscai Bruce, 2004 accepted as Aegapheles rickbruscai (Bruce, 2004)
  90. Species Aega sarsae Brandt & Andres, 2008 accepted as Aegiochus sarsae (Brandt & Andres, 2008) (basionym)
  91. Species Aega schioedteana Bovallius, 1885 accepted as Aegapheles deshaysiana (H. Milne Edwards, 1840) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  92. Species Aega spongiophila Semper, 1867 accepted as Aegiochus spongiophila (Semper, 1867)
  93. Species Aega stroemii Lutken, 1859 accepted as Aega bicarinata Leach, 1818
  94. Species Aega symmetrica Richardson, 1905 accepted as Aegiochus symmetrica (Richardson, 1905) (Basionym)
  95. Species Aega synopthalma Richardson, 1909 accepted as Aegiochus synopthalma (Richardson, 1909)
  96. Species Aega tenuipes Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 accepted as Aegiochus tenuipes (Schioedte & Meinert, 1879)
  97. Species Aega trulla Bruce, 2004 accepted as Aegapheles trulla (Bruce, 2004)
  98. Species Aega tumida Nunomura, 1988 accepted as Aegiochus tumida (Nunomura, 1988)
  99. Species Aega umpara Bruce, 2004 accepted as Aegapheles umpara (Bruce, 2004)
  100. Species Aega uschakovi Kussakin, 1967 accepted as Aegiochus uschakovi (Kussakin, 1967) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  101. Species Aega ventrosa M. Sars, 1859 accepted as Aegiochus ventrosa (M. Sars, 1859)
  102. Species Aega warna Bruce, 2004 accepted as Aegapheles warna (Bruce, 2004)
  103. Species Aega weberi Nierstrasz, 1931 accepted as Aegiochus weberi (Nierstrasz, 1931)
  104. Species Aega efferata Dana, 1853 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  105. Species Aega novizealandiae Dana, 1853 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  106. Species Aega rosacea (Risso, 1816) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Leach, W.E. (1816 [1815]). A tabular View of the external Characters of Four Classes of Animals, which Linné arranged under Insecta, with the Distribution of the Genera comprising Three of these Classes into Orders &c. and Descriptions of several New Genera and Species. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 11(2): 306-400., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756873 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. (Eds) (2024). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Aega Leach, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118394 on 2024-03-19
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2007-11-28 15:20:16Z
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2008-02-19 22:46:23Z
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2019-05-21 08:22:23Z
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original description Leach, W.E. (1816 [1815]). A tabular View of the external Characters of Four Classes of Animals, which Linné arranged under Insecta, with the Distribution of the Genera comprising Three of these Classes into Orders &c. and Descriptions of several New Genera and Species. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 11(2): 306-400., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756873 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Aegacylla Dana, 1854) Dana, J.D. (1854). Catalogue and descriptions of Crustacea collected in California by Dr. John L. Le Conte. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 7: 175-177. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Pterelas Guérin-Méneville, 1836) Guérin-Méneville, F. E. (1836). Classe VII, pl. 20. Pterelas. <i>Pterelas</i>. <em>Magasin de Zoologie.</em> 6: [1-3], pl. 20. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source NODC. (1997). NODC Taxonomic codes.  [details]   

additional source Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]   

additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

redescription Bruce, N.L. (2009). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Isopoda, Aegidae (Crustacea. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 122: 1-252. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
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Diet Micropredator of fishes. [details]

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Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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Japanese グソクムシ属  [details]