WoRMS taxon details
Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916
118265 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118265)
accepted
Family
Nannoniscus G. O. Sars, 1870 (type by original designation)
Leutzinae George, 2001 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nannoniscini Hansen, 1916 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Genus Austroniscus Vanhöffen, 1914
- Genus Exiliniscus Siebenaller & Hessler, 1981
- Genus Hebefustis Siebenaller & Hessler, 1977
- Genus Ketosoma Kaiser & Brix in Kaiser, Brix, Kihara, Janssen & Jennings, 2018
- Genus Micromesus Birstein, 1963
- Genus Nannoniscoides Hansen, 1916
- Genus Nannonisconus Schultz, 1966
- Genus Nannoniscus G. O. Sars, 1870
- Genus Nymphodora Kaiser, 2009
- Genus Panetela Siebenaller & Hessler, 1981
- Genus Rapaniscus Siebenaller & Hessler, 1981
- Genus Regabellator Siebenaller & Hessler, 1981
- Genus Thaumastosoma Hessler, 1970
- Genus Austroniscoides Birstein, 1963 accepted as Janthura Wolff, 1962 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Leutzinae George, 2001 accepted as Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Leutziniscus George, 2001 accepted as Thaumastosoma Hessler, 1970 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, junior synonym)
- Genus Nannoniscella George, 2001 accepted as Nannoniscella Hansen, 1916 accepted as Austroniscus Vanhöffen, 1914 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Nannoniscella Hansen, 1916 [Isopoda])
- Genus Nannoniscella Hansen, 1916 accepted as Austroniscus Vanhöffen, 1914 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Saetoniscus Brandt, 2002 accepted as Nannoniscus G. O. Sars, 1870 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hansen, H. J. (1916). Crustacea Malacostraca. III. V. The order Isopoda. <em>The Danish Ingolf–Expedition.</em> 3(5): iii+ 262 pp., 16 pls. [details] 
(of Nannoniscini Hansen, 1916) Hansen, H. J. (1916). Crustacea Malacostraca. III. V. The order Isopoda. <em>The Danish Ingolf–Expedition.</em> 3(5): iii+ 262 pp., 16 pls. [details]
(of Nannoniscini Hansen, 1916) Hansen, H. J. (1916). Crustacea Malacostraca. III. V. The order Isopoda. <em>The Danish Ingolf–Expedition.</em> 3(5): iii+ 262 pp., 16 pls. [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118265 on 2025-05-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Hansen, H. J. (1916). Crustacea Malacostraca. III. V. The order Isopoda. <em>The Danish Ingolf–Expedition.</em> 3(5): iii+ 262 pp., 16 pls. [details]
original description (of Leutzinae George, 2001) George, R. Y. (2001). Desmosomatidae and Nannoniscidae (Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellota) from bathyal and abyssal depths off North Carolina and their evolution. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 35(12): 1831-1859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930152667131 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Nannoniscini Hansen, 1916) Hansen, H. J. (1916). Crustacea Malacostraca. III. V. The order Isopoda. <em>The Danish Ingolf–Expedition.</em> 3(5): iii+ 262 pp., 16 pls. [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]
original description (of Leutzinae George, 2001) George, R. Y. (2001). Desmosomatidae and Nannoniscidae (Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellota) from bathyal and abyssal depths off North Carolina and their evolution. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 35(12): 1831-1859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930152667131 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Nannoniscini Hansen, 1916) Hansen, H. J. (1916). Crustacea Malacostraca. III. V. The order Isopoda. <em>The Danish Ingolf–Expedition.</em> 3(5): iii+ 262 pp., 16 pls. [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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Wilson, G. D. F. (2008). A review of taxonomic concepts in the Nannoniscidae (Isopoda, Asellota), with a key to the genera and a description of Nannoniscus oblongus Sars. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1680: 1–24., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01680p024.pdf [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Wilson, G. D. F. (2008). A review of taxonomic concepts in the Nannoniscidae (Isopoda, Asellota), with a key to the genera and a description of Nannoniscus oblongus Sars. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1680: 1–24., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01680p024.pdf [details]
Other
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
