WoRMS taxon details
Pleurogonium G. O. Sars, 1872
118388 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118388)
accepted
Genus
Pleuracantha rubicundum G. O. Sars, 1864 accepted as Pleurogonium rubicundum (G. O. Sars, 1864) (type by typification of replaced name)
Pleuracantha G. O. Sars, 1864 · unaccepted > junior homonym
- Species Pleurogonium albidum Beddard, 1886
- Species Pleurogonium angustum Kussakin, 1972
- Species Pleurogonium bifolium Shimomura & Mawatari, 2001
- Species Pleurogonium californiense Menzies, 1951
- Species Pleurogonium gordeevae Kussakin, 1962
- Species Pleurogonium hispidum Shimomura & Mawatari, 2001
- Species Pleurogonium inerme G. O. Sars, 1883
- Species Pleurogonium intermedium Hansen, 1916
- Species Pleurogonium kamtshaticum Kussakin, 1962
- Species Pleurogonium kyushuense Shimomura, 2009
- Species Pleurogonium laciniosum Kussakin, 1962
- Species Pleurogonium latimanum Hansen, 1916
- Species Pleurogonium rubicundum (G. O. Sars, 1864)
- Species Pleurogonium spinosissimum (G. O. Sars, 1866)
- Species Pleurogonium tanseimaruae Shimomura, 2009
- Species Pleurogonium elongatum (Vanhöffen, 1914) accepted as Pleurosignum elongatum Vanhöffen, 1914 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurogonium minutum Beddard, 1886 accepted as Paramunnidae incertae sedis minutum Beddard, 1886 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurogonium pulchrum Hansen, 1916 accepted as Spinogonium pulchrum (Hansen, 1916) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurogonium serratum Beddard, 1886 accepted as Paramunnidae incertae sedis serratum Beddard, 1886 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleurogonium variabile Schiecke & Modigh-Tota, 1976 accepted as Tethygonium variabile (Schiecke & Modigh-Tota, 1976) (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sars, G. O. (1872). Undersøgelser over Hardangerfjordens fauna. <em>Forhadlingar i Videnskabs-Sselskabet i Christiania.</em> 1871: 246-286., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44067380 [details] 
Nomenclature Citations of the date of the genus as 1864 (and others) are incorrect. This is the first use of the replacement genus name.
Nomenclature Citations of the date of the genus as 1864 (and others) are incorrect. This is the first use of the replacement genus name. [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2026). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Pleurogonium G. O. Sars, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118388 on 2026-06-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Sars, G. O. (1872). Undersøgelser over Hardangerfjordens fauna. <em>Forhadlingar i Videnskabs-Sselskabet i Christiania.</em> 1871: 246-286., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44067380 [details]
original description (of Pleuracantha G. O. Sars, 1864) Sars, G.O. (1864). Om en anomal Gruppe af Isopoder. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1863: 205-221., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44339337 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Pleuracantha G. O. Sars, 1864) Sars, G.O. (1864). Om en anomal Gruppe af Isopoder. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1863: 205-221., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44339337 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Just, J. (2026). Review of <i>Pleurosignum </i>Vanhöffen, 1914, with re-descriptions, new genera and species in a new <i>Pleurosignum </i>group in Paramunnidae (Isopoda, Asellota), with remarks on <i>Pleurogonium </i>Sars, 1863. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5782(2): 249-282., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.2.2
note: discusssion of species included [details]
note: discusssion of species included [details]
Other
additional source
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
