Nomenclature
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] 
original description
(of Idotaea rectilinea Lockington, 1877) Lockington, W.N. (1877). Remarks on the Crustacea of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of some new species. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 7: 28-36. [details] 
original description
(of Idotea rectilineata Richardson, 1899) Richardson, H. (1899). Key to the isopods of the Pacific Coast of North America, with descriptions of twenty-two new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 21: 815-869. [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
Depth range intertidal - 73 [details]