WoRMS taxon details
Ligia baudiniana H. Milne Edwards, 1840
257536 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:257536)
accepted
Species
Ligia exotica var. hirtitarsis Dollfus, 1890 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ligia gracilis Moore, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary [details]
distribution Florida, USA to Brazil
distribution Florida, USA to Brazil [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. Ligia baudiniana H. Milne Edwards, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=257536 on 2025-10-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary [details]
original description (of Ligia exotica var. hirtitarsis Dollfus, 1890) Dollfus, A. (1890). Isopodes terrestres du "Challenger"". <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Études Scientifiques de Paris.</em> 12(2): 63-70, pls. 1-2. [details]
original description (of Ligia gracilis Moore, 1901) Moore, H. F. (1901). Report on Porto Rican Isopoda. <em>Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission.</em> 20(2): 161-176, pls. 7-11. [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 Ligia exotica var. hirtitarsis Dollfus, 1890) Dollfus, A. (1890). Isopodes terrestres du "Challenger"". <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Études Scientifiques de Paris.</em> 12(2): 63-70, pls. 1-2. [details]
original description (of Ligia gracilis Moore, 1901) Moore, H. F. (1901). Report on Porto Rican Isopoda. <em>Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission.</em> 20(2): 161-176, pls. 7-11. [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 (Bermuda)
Kensley, B. (1994) Records of shallow-water marine isopods from Bermuda with descriptions of four new species. Journal of Crustacean Biology 14(2): 319-336. [details]
additional source Schmalfuss, H. (2003). World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). <em>Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie).</em> 654: 1-341., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60882444 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Schmalfuss, H. (2003). World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). <em>Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie).</em> 654: 1-341., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60882444 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
distribution Florida, USA to Brazil [details]From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Galapagos part of the South Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental with solid ballast[details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | wharf louse | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (44 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ligia baudiniana)
To GenBank (237 nucleotides; 165 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Ligia gracilis Moore, 1901)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (28 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ligia baudiniana)
To GenBank (237 nucleotides; 165 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Ligia gracilis Moore, 1901)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (28 records)
To ITIS
