WoRMS taxon details
Caecidotea forbesi (Williams, 1970)
259548 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:259548)
accepted
Species
Asellus forbesi Williams, 1970 · unaccepted (basionym)
recent only
Williams, W. D. (1970) A revision of North American epigean species of Asellus (Crustacea: Isopoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 49: 1-79. [details]
(of Asellus forbesi Williams, 1970) Williams, W. D. (1970) A revision of North American epigean species of Asellus (Crustacea: Isopoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 49: 1-79. [details]
(of Asellus forbesi Williams, 1970) Williams, W. D. (1970) A revision of North American epigean species of Asellus (Crustacea: Isopoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 49: 1-79. [details]
Note Virginia, USA
From editor or global species database
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 forbesi (Williams, 1970). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=259548 on 2025-10-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Williams, W. D. (1970) A revision of North American epigean species of Asellus (Crustacea: Isopoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 49: 1-79. [details]
original description (of Asellus forbesi Williams, 1970) Williams, W. D. (1970) A revision of North American epigean species of Asellus (Crustacea: Isopoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 49: 1-79. [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]
original description (of Asellus forbesi Williams, 1970) Williams, W. D. (1970) A revision of North American epigean species of Asellus (Crustacea: Isopoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 49: 1-79. [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
Habitat river [details]type locality Virginia, USA [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Asellus forbesi Williams, 1970)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caecidotea forbesi)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Asellus forbesi Williams, 1970)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 264560 Caecidotea forbesi lateral at 6x photo)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 264560 Caecidotea forbesi lateral tail 12x photo)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (105 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Asellus forbesi Williams, 1970)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 122052) (from synonym Asellus forbesi Williams, 1970)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caecidotea forbesi)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Asellus forbesi Williams, 1970)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 264560 Caecidotea forbesi lateral at 6x photo)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 264560 Caecidotea forbesi lateral tail 12x photo)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (105 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Asellus forbesi Williams, 1970)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 122052) (from synonym Asellus forbesi Williams, 1970)
To ITIS
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