original description
(of Oniscus marinus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source
Heegaard P.E. & L.B. Holthuis (1960). Proposed use of the plenary powers to validate the generic name Idotea J.C. Fabricius, 1798 (class Crustacea, order Isopoda) and matters connected therewith. Z.N. (S.) 412. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 17: 178-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12220147 [details]
additional source
Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
Kesselyák, A. (1938). Die Arten der Gattung <i>Jaera</i> Leach (Isopoda, Asellota). <em>Zoologischer Jahrbücher für Systematik.</em> 71: 219-252. [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Authority Richardson (1905, p. 450) and Kesselyak (1938, p. 228) both erroneously attributed this combination to Fabricius (1780, Fauna Groenlandica, p. 252) but both authors were using Linnaeus's name that now is a junior synonym of Idotea balthica. [details]From other sources
Distribution Acadian, north side of Cape Cod to Newfoundland, extending south of the subprovince boundary, including Cobscook Bay. [details]