Isopoda taxon details
Cylisticus convexus (De Geer, 1778)
260073 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:260073)
accepted
Species
Cylisticus laevis Schnitzler, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Oniscus convexus De Geer, 1778 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Porcellio armadilloides Lereboullet, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Porcellio glaber Fitch, 1855 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Porcellio spinifrons Brandt, 1833 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
recent only
(of Oniscus convexus De Geer, 1778) De Geer, C. (1778). Memoires pour Servir a l'Histoire des Insectes. [Memoirs to Serve the History of Insects Memoirs to Serve the History of Insects]. 7: xii + 950 pp., pls. 1-49. Pierre Hesselberg: Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14820059 [details] 
Note Netherlands
type locality Netherlands [details]
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. Cylisticus convexus (De Geer, 1778). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=260073 on 2026-05-04
original description
(of Porcellio spinifrons Brandt, 1833) Brandt, J. F. (1833). Conspectus monographiae crustaceorum oniscodorum Latreillii. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 6: 171-193, pl. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45989307 [details]
original description (of Cylisticus laevis Schnitzler, 1853) Schnitzler, H. J. (1853). De Oniscineis agri Bonnensis. Dissertatio Zoologica. Cologne. 1-27. [details]
original description (of Oniscus convexus De Geer, 1778) De Geer, C. (1778). Memoires pour Servir a l'Histoire des Insectes. [Memoirs to Serve the History of Insects Memoirs to Serve the History of Insects]. 7: xii + 950 pp., pls. 1-49. Pierre Hesselberg: Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14820059 [details]
original description (of Porcellio armadilloides Lereboullet, 1853) Lereboullet, A. (1853). Mémoire sur les crustacés de la famille des cloportides qui habitent les environs de Strasbourg. <em>Mémoires de la Société du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Strasbourg.</em> 4: 1-130, pls. 1-10., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13025 [details]
original description (of Porcellio glaber Fitch, 1855) Fitch, A. (1855). First Report on the Noxious, Beneficial and Other Insects, of the State of New York. Albany: C. Van Benthuysen. 180 pp. [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]
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
original description (of Cylisticus laevis Schnitzler, 1853) Schnitzler, H. J. (1853). De Oniscineis agri Bonnensis. Dissertatio Zoologica. Cologne. 1-27. [details]
original description (of Oniscus convexus De Geer, 1778) De Geer, C. (1778). Memoires pour Servir a l'Histoire des Insectes. [Memoirs to Serve the History of Insects Memoirs to Serve the History of Insects]. 7: xii + 950 pp., pls. 1-49. Pierre Hesselberg: Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14820059 [details]
original description (of Porcellio armadilloides Lereboullet, 1853) Lereboullet, A. (1853). Mémoire sur les crustacés de la famille des cloportides qui habitent les environs de Strasbourg. <em>Mémoires de la Société du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Strasbourg.</em> 4: 1-130, pls. 1-10., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13025 [details]
original description (of Porcellio glaber Fitch, 1855) Fitch, A. (1855). First Report on the Noxious, Beneficial and Other Insects, of the State of New York. Albany: C. Van Benthuysen. 180 pp. [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]
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
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
type locality Netherlands [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | grote gaper | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Porcellio spinifrons Brandt, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (110 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cylisticus convexus)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 102133 Cylisticus convexus dorsal at 6x photo)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 102133 Cylisticus convexus dorsal head at 12x photo)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (147 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Porcellio spinifrons Brandt, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (110 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cylisticus convexus)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 102133 Cylisticus convexus dorsal at 6x photo)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 102133 Cylisticus convexus dorsal head at 12x photo)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (147 records)
To ITIS
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