Canadian Register of Marine Species - Lygia Fabricius, 1798

ERMS name details

Lygia Fabricius, 1798

AphiaID

884047 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:884047)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Accepted name

Ligia Fabricius, 1798

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ligiidae Leach, 1814

Original name

Ligia Fabricius, 1798

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Species Lygia exotica Roux, 1828 accepted as Ligia (Megaligia) exotica Roux, 1828 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, misspelling of genus name)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Ligia Fabricius, 1798) Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae: Proft et Storck: 1-572., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25565932
page(s): 301 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Lygia Fabricius, 1798. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=884047 on 2025-05-24

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Lygia Fabricius, 1798. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=884047 on 2025-05-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-08-29 19:08:15Z

created

Taiti, Stefano

2019-06-17 00:57:46Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2023-09-05 21:10:57Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2025-03-27 15:11:49Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

Licensing

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Sources (3)

original description (of Ligia Fabricius, 1798) Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae: Proft et Storck: 1-572., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25565932
page(s): 301 [details]

basis of record Roux, P. (1828-1830). Crustacés de la Méditerranée et de son Littoral, Décrits et Lithographiés. i-iv + 1-176 pp., pls. 1-45. Paris & Marseille: Chez Levrault., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9283448 [details]

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