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WoRMS name details

Caecidotea forbesi (Williams, 1970)

AphiaID

259548 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:259548)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Conasellus forbesi (Williams 1970)

Rank

Species

Parent

Caecidotea Packard, 1871

Original name

Asellus forbesi Williams, 1970

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

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]

(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]

Type data

Note Virginia, USA

From editor or global species database

type locality Virginia, USA [details]

Taxonomic citation

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 2025-12-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-03 13:02:48Z

created

Schotte, Marilyn

2025-11-26 05:00:36Z

changed

Merrin, Kelly L.

Licensing

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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]