WoRMS name details
Eurycope caribbea Benedict, 1901
255733 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:255733)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Richardson, H. (1901). Key to the isopods of the Atlantic coast of North America with descriptions of new and little known species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 23: 493-579., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7511597 [details] 
Type locality contained in Windward Islands
type locality contained in Windward Islands [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. Eurycope caribbea Benedict, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=255733 on 2026-05-26
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Nomenclature
original description
Richardson, H. (1901). Key to the isopods of the Atlantic coast of North America with descriptions of new and little known species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 23: 493-579., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7511597 [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]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality