WoRMS taxon details
Scyphacidae Dana, 1853
146506 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146506)
accepted
Family
Scyphax Dana, 1853 (type by original designation)
Actaeciidae Vandel, 1964 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scyphacinae Dana, 1853 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Genus Actaecia Dana, 1853
- Genus Marioniscus Barnard, 1932
- Genus Quelpartoniscus Kwon, 1995
- Genus Scyphacella Smith in Verrill, Smith & Harger, 1873
- Genus Scyphax Dana, 1853
- Genus Scyphoniscus Chilton, 1901
- Genus Camorta Barnard, 1936 accepted as Olibrinus Budde-Lund, 1912 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Cylloma Budde-Lund, 1885 accepted as Actaecia Dana, 1853 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Cylloma Budde-Lund, 1879 accepted as Cylloma Budde-Lund, 1885 accepted as Actaecia Dana, 1853 (unaccepted > unavailable name, no characters, no included available species)
- Genus Scyphax Dana, 1852 accepted as Scyphax Dana, 1853 (unaccepted > unavailable name, no included available species)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scyphacinae Dana, 1853) Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia.</em> 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910 [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. Scyphacidae Dana, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146506 on 2025-12-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Actaeciidae Vandel, 1964) Vandel, A. (1964). La place du genre <i>Actaecia</i> Dana dans le sous-ordre des Oniscoidea (isopodes terrestres). <em>Crustaceana.</em> 6(3): 161-174. [details] Available for editors 
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original description (of Scyphacinae Dana, 1853) Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia.</em> 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910 [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]
[request]original description (of Scyphacinae Dana, 1853) Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia.</em> 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910 [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]
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additional source
Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
[request]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 Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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| Japanese | ウミベワラジムシ科 | [details] |
