WoRMS taxon details
Caecidotea attenuata (Richardson, 1900)
259527 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:259527)
accepted
Species
Asellus attenuata Richardson, 1900 · unaccepted (basionym)
recent only
(of Asellus attenuata Richardson, 1900) Richardson, H. (1900). Synopses of North American invertebrates. VIII. The Isopoda. - Part I. Chelifera, Flabellifera, Valvifera. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 34: 207-230. [details] 
Note Virginia, USA
type locality Virginia, USA [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Caecidotea attenuata (Richardson, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=259527 on 2025-10-13
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Nomenclature
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(of Asellus attenuata Richardson, 1900) Richardson, H. (1900). Synopses of North American invertebrates. VIII. The Isopoda. - Part I. Chelifera, Flabellifera, Valvifera. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 34: 207-230. [details]
basis of record 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]
basis of record 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
type locality Virginia, USA [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 67707 Caecidotea attenuata lateral 9x photo)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 67707 Caecidotea attenuata lateral head 18x photo)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records) (from synonym Asellus attenuata Richardson, 1900)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (7 records)
To ITIS
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 67707 Caecidotea attenuata lateral 9x photo)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 67707 Caecidotea attenuata lateral head 18x photo)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records) (from synonym Asellus attenuata Richardson, 1900)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (7 records)
To ITIS
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