African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Porcellio (Mesoporcellio) laevis Latreile, 1804

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Porcellio (Mesoporcellio) laevis Latreile, 1804

AphiaID

1675002 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1675002)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Porcellio laevis Latreille, 1804

Rank

Species

Parent

Porcellio (Mesoporcellio) Verhoeff, 1908 accepted as Porcellio Latreille, 1804

Original name

Porcellio laevis Latreille, 1804

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Subspecies Porcellio (Mesoporcellio) laevis longicauda Paulian de Félice, 1938 accepted as Porcellio laevis Latreille, 1804 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Porcellio laevis Latreille, 1804) Latreille, P. A. (1804). Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particulière, des Crustacés et des Insectes. Volume 7: 1-413, pls. 58-66. F. Dufart, Paris. [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. Porcellio (Mesoporcellio) laevis Latreile, 1804. 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=1675002 on 2026-04-12

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. Porcellio (Mesoporcellio) laevis Latreile, 1804. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1675002 on 2026-04-12

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Sources (2)

original description (of Porcellio laevis Latreille, 1804) Latreille, P. A. (1804). Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particulière, des Crustacés et des Insectes. Volume 7: 1-413, pls. 58-66. F. Dufart, Paris. [details]

new combination reference Paulian de Félice, L. (1938). Isopodes terrestres des Ilés du Cap-Vert rapportés par M. le Professeur A. Chevalier. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 2e series.</em> 10(1): 391-395. [details] Available for editors