African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Ligia Fabricius, 1798

AphiaID

146998 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146998)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Ligiidae Leach, 1814

Parent

Ligiidae Leach, 1814

Original name

Ligia Fabricius, 1798

Synonymised names

Lygia Fabricius, 1798 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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Subgenus Ligia (Megaligia) Verhoeff, 1926
1. Species Ligia (Megaligia) exotica Roux, 1828
Species Ligia curvata Vandel, 1948
Species Ligia dilatata Brandt, 1833
Species Ligia ferrarai Kersmaekers & Verstraeten, 1990
Species Ligia glabrata Brandt, 1833
Species Ligia gracilipes Budde-Lund, 1885
Species Ligia malleata Pfeffer, 1889
Species Ligia natalensis Collinge, 1920
Species Ligia oceanica (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Ligia pigmentata Jackson, 1922

Environment

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

Original description

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.; 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. Ligia Fabricius, 1798. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146998 on 2026-02-19

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Ligia Fabricius, 1798. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146998 on 2026-02-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-03-01 09:59:49Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2007-11-28 15:20:16Z

checked

Schotte, Marilyn

2011-09-12 07:57:36Z

changed

Taiti, Stefano

2017-02-21 21:25:00Z

changed

Taiti, Stefano

2024-04-24 15:11:18Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2024-04-24 15:24:39Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

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original description 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 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 NODC. (1997). NODC Taxonomic codes. [details]

subsequent type designation Jackson, H. G. (1922). A revision of the isopod genus <i>Ligia</i> (Fabricius). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1922: 683-703, pls. 1, 2., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1922.tb02164.x [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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Ligia, Fig.1