WoRMS taxon details
Anilocra physodes (Linnaeus, 1758)
146494 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146494)
accepted
Species
Anilocra cuvieri Leach, 1818 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Anilocra mediterranea Leach, 1818 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Colombia physodes (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (basionym)
Cymothoa albicornis Fabricius, 1793 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Idotea albicornis (Fabricius, 1793) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Idotea physodes (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Oniscus physodes Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Oniscus physodes Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Note Mediterranean
type locality Mediterranean [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2026). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Anilocra physodes (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146494 on 2026-05-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Oniscus physodes Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Anilocra mediterranea Leach, 1818) Leach, W. E. (1818). Cymothoadées, Cymothoadae. <em>In: F. Cuvier (Ed.), Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, dans Lequel on Traite Methodiquement des Differens Etres de la Nature, Consideres Soit en Eux-memes, d'apres l'Etat Actuel de nos Connoissances, Soit Relativement a l'Utilite qu'en Peuvent Retirer la Medecine, l'Agriculture, le Commerce et les Artes.</em> 12: 338-354., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23002019 [details]
original description (of Cymothoa albicornis Fabricius, 1793) Fabricius, J.C. (1793). Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adjectis Synonimis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. [Improved and Enhanced Systematic Entomology. According to the Classes, Orders, Genera, Species Adjacent Synonyms, Localities, Observations, and Descriptions.]. <em>Proft, Christian Gottlob (Kopenhagen) , Hafniae.</em> 2: i-viii + 1-519., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36532 [details]
original description (of Anilocra cuvieri Leach, 1818) Leach, W. E. (1818). Cymothoadées, Cymothoadae. <em>In: F. Cuvier (Ed.), Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, dans Lequel on Traite Methodiquement des Differens Etres de la Nature, Consideres Soit en Eux-memes, d'apres l'Etat Actuel de nos Connoissances, Soit Relativement a l'Utilite qu'en Peuvent Retirer la Medecine, l'Agriculture, le Commerce et les Artes.</em> 12: 338-354., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23002019 [details]
basis of record Holthuis, L.B. (1950). Isopodes et Tanaidacés marins de la Belgique; remarques sur quelques espèces de la zone méridionale de la Mer du Nord [Marine Isopoda and Tanaidacea from Belgium: remarks on some species from the southern North Sea]. <i>Med. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 26(53)</i>: 1-19 (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]original description (of Anilocra mediterranea Leach, 1818) Leach, W. E. (1818). Cymothoadées, Cymothoadae. <em>In: F. Cuvier (Ed.), Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, dans Lequel on Traite Methodiquement des Differens Etres de la Nature, Consideres Soit en Eux-memes, d'apres l'Etat Actuel de nos Connoissances, Soit Relativement a l'Utilite qu'en Peuvent Retirer la Medecine, l'Agriculture, le Commerce et les Artes.</em> 12: 338-354., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23002019 [details]
original description (of Cymothoa albicornis Fabricius, 1793) Fabricius, J.C. (1793). Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adjectis Synonimis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. [Improved and Enhanced Systematic Entomology. According to the Classes, Orders, Genera, Species Adjacent Synonyms, Localities, Observations, and Descriptions.]. <em>Proft, Christian Gottlob (Kopenhagen) , Hafniae.</em> 2: i-viii + 1-519., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36532 [details]
original description (of Anilocra cuvieri Leach, 1818) Leach, W. E. (1818). Cymothoadées, Cymothoadae. <em>In: F. Cuvier (Ed.), Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, dans Lequel on Traite Methodiquement des Differens Etres de la Nature, Consideres Soit en Eux-memes, d'apres l'Etat Actuel de nos Connoissances, Soit Relativement a l'Utilite qu'en Peuvent Retirer la Medecine, l'Agriculture, le Commerce et les Artes.</em> 12: 338-354., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23002019 [details]
basis of record Holthuis, L.B. (1950). Isopodes et Tanaidacés marins de la Belgique; remarques sur quelques espèces de la zone méridionale de la Mer du Nord [Marine Isopoda and Tanaidacea from Belgium: remarks on some species from the southern North Sea]. <i>Med. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 26(53)</i>: 1-19 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
type locality Mediterranean [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | morri i peshkut | [details] |
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anilocra physodes)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Oniscus physodes Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Colombia physodes (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anilocra physodes)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Oniscus physodes Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Colombia physodes (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
