Deep-Sea taxon details
Ilyarachna polita Bonnier, 1896
118679 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118679)
accepted
Species
Ilyarachna simplex Menzies, 1962 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Ilyarachna thori Wolff, 1962 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bonnier, J. (1896). Édriophthalmes. In: Koehler, R., Résultats scientifiques de la campagne du "Caudan" dans le Golfe de Gascogne. Edriophthalmes. <em>Annales de l' Université de Lyon.</em> 26: 527-689, pls. 28-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42102237 [details] 
Note Bay of Biscay
From editor or global species database
type locality Bay of Biscay [details]
Depth range 216-4885
Depth range 216-4885 [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. Ilyarachna polita Bonnier, 1896. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118679 on 2025-06-01
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ilyarachna polita Bonnier, 1896. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118679 on 2025-06-01
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Bonnier, J. (1896). Édriophthalmes. In: Koehler, R., Résultats scientifiques de la campagne du "Caudan" dans le Golfe de Gascogne. Edriophthalmes. <em>Annales de l' Université de Lyon.</em> 26: 527-689, pls. 28-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42102237 [details]
original description (of Ilyarachna simplex Menzies, 1962) Menzies, R. J. (1962). The isopods of abyssal depths in the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Vema Research Series.</em> 1: 79-206., available online at http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/19789/19789.pdf [details] Available for editors
original description (of Ilyarachna thori Wolff, 1962) Wolff, T. (1962). The systematics and biology of bathyal and abyssal Isopoda Asellota. <em>Galathea Report.</em> 6: 7–320, pl. 1–19., available online at https://samlinger.snm.ku.dk/en/library/library-of-the-natural-history-museum-of-denmark/galathea-report-1957-2005/ [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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]
source of synonymy Thistle, D. (1980) A revision of Ilyarachna (Crustacea, Isopoda) in the Atlantic with four new species. Journal of Natural History 14: 111-143., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938000770121 [details]
original description (of Ilyarachna simplex Menzies, 1962) Menzies, R. J. (1962). The isopods of abyssal depths in the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Vema Research Series.</em> 1: 79-206., available online at http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/19789/19789.pdf [details] Available for editors
original description (of Ilyarachna thori Wolff, 1962) Wolff, T. (1962). The systematics and biology of bathyal and abyssal Isopoda Asellota. <em>Galathea Report.</em> 6: 7–320, pl. 1–19., available online at https://samlinger.snm.ku.dk/en/library/library-of-the-natural-history-museum-of-denmark/galathea-report-1957-2005/ [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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]
source of synonymy Thistle, D. (1980) A revision of Ilyarachna (Crustacea, Isopoda) in the Atlantic with four new species. Journal of Natural History 14: 111-143., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938000770121 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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