World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans - Periscyphis (Periscyphis) Gerstaecker, 1873

Isopoda name details

Periscyphis (Periscyphis) Gerstaecker, 1873

AphiaID

1673349 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1673349)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded rank

Accepted name

Periscyphis Gerstaecker, 1873

Rank

Subgenus

Type taxon

Periscyphis trivialis Gerstaecker, 1873 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Periscyphis Gerstaecker, 1873

Original name

Periscyphis Gerstaecker, 1873

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Species Periscyphis (Perscyphis) libycus Arcangeli, 1934 accepted as Periscyphis libycus Arcangeli, 1934

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Periscyphis Gerstaecker, 1873) Gerstaecker, A. (1873). (Crustacea.) Ordo III. Isopoda, Latr. Pp. 525-528 in:. Baron Carl Claus von der Decken's Reisen in Ost-Africa in den Jahren 1859-1865. Dritter Band. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Zweite Abtheilung: Gliederthiere (Insekten, Arachniden, Myriapoden und Isopoden). Leipzig und Heidelberg: C. F. Winter. xvi + 532 pp., pls. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24401046 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Boyko, C.B.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Periscyphis (Periscyphis) Gerstaecker, 1873. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1673349 on 2025-06-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2023-08-15 02:31:21Z

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Boyko, Christopher B.

2025-04-15 14:20:47Z

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Boyko, Christopher B.

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Sources (1)

original description (of Periscyphis Gerstaecker, 1873) Gerstaecker, A. (1873). (Crustacea.) Ordo III. Isopoda, Latr. Pp. 525-528 in:. Baron Carl Claus von der Decken's Reisen in Ost-Africa in den Jahren 1859-1865. Dritter Band. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Zweite Abtheilung: Gliederthiere (Insekten, Arachniden, Myriapoden und Isopoden). Leipzig und Heidelberg: C. F. Winter. xvi + 532 pp., pls. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24401046 [details]