original description
Stimpson, William. (1864). Descriptions of new species of marine Invertebrata from Puget Sound, collected by the naturalists of the North-West Boundary Commission, A.H. Campbell, Esq., Commissioner. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 16(3): 153-161., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1942749 [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]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Idotea whitei is possible senior synonym of Pentidotea schmitti (Menzies, 195) [details]