WoRMS name details
Nomenclatureoriginal 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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., 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]
Taxonomysource 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]
Other
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]Unreviewed
Distribution Acadian, north side of Cape Cod to Newfoundland, extending south of the subprovince boundary, including Cobscook Bay. [details]
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