African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Armadillidium Brandt in Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1831

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Armadillidium Brandt in Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1831

AphiaID

148672 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148672)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Armadillidiidae Brandt, 1833

Parent

Armadillidiidae Brandt, 1833

Original name

Armadillidium Brandt in Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1831

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Species Armadillidium chazaliei Dollfus, 1896
Species Armadillidium decorum Brandt, 1833
Species Armadillidium djebalensis Vandel, 1958
Species Armadillidium fallax Brandt, 1833
Species Armadillidium granulatum Brandt, 1833
Species Armadillidium klaptoczi Verhoeff, 1908
Species Armadillidium mareoticum Budde-Lund, 1885
Species Armadillidium pallidum Verhoeff, 1907
Species Armadillidium pardoi Vandel, 1956
Species Armadillidium pilosellum Dollfus, 1896
Species Armadillidium quinquepustulatum Budde-Lund, 1885
Species Armadillidium sulcatum H. Milne Edwards, 1840
Species Armadillidium tigris Budde-Lund, 1885
Species Armadillidium vulgare (Latreille, 1804)
Species Armadillidium ehrenbergii Brandt, 1833 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Armadillidium hemprichii Brandt, 1833 accepted as Armadillidium fallax Brandt, 1833 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Armadillidium variegatum Brandt, 1833 accepted as Armadillidium vulgare (Latreille, 1804) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Armadillidium tunetanum Verhoeff, 1907 represented as Armadillidium tunetanum tunetanum Verhoeff, 1907 accepted as Armadillidium granulatum Brandt, 1833

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Brandt, J. F.; Ratzeburg, J. T. C. (1831). Isopoda. Gleichfüßler. <em>Medizinische Zoologie oder getreue Darstellung und Beschreibung der Thiere die in der Arzneimittellehre in Betracht kommen, in systematischer Folge herausgegeben.</em> 2(3-4): 70-84, pls. 12-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51578631 [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. Armadillidium Brandt in Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1831. 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=148672 on 2025-12-21

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) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Armadillidium Brandt in Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1831. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148672 on 2025-12-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-03-25 11:06:31Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2007-11-28 15:20:16Z

checked

Schotte, Marilyn

2016-08-06 14:06:33Z

changed

Taiti, Stefano

2019-07-22 19:06:47Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2023-05-17 12:14:48Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2024-01-06 00:51:19Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

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original description Brandt, J. F.; Ratzeburg, J. T. C. (1831). Isopoda. Gleichfüßler. <em>Medizinische Zoologie oder getreue Darstellung und Beschreibung der Thiere die in der Arzneimittellehre in Betracht kommen, in systematischer Folge herausgegeben.</em> 2(3-4): 70-84, pls. 12-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51578631 [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]

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