WoRMS taxon details

Gnathia Leach, 1814

118437  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118437)

accepted
Genus
Gnathia termitoides Leach, 1814 accepted as Gnathia maxillaris (Montagu, 1804) (type by original designation)
Anceus Risso, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Heterognathia Amar & Roman, 1974 · unaccepted (synonym)
Praniza Latreille, 1818 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Praniza Latreille, 1816 · unaccepted > nomen nudum (no characters, no included species)
Praniza Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pranize Leach, 1818 · unaccepted > unavailable name (vernacular name, no included species)
Pranyses Latreille, 1816 · unaccepted > unavailable name (vernacular name, no included species)
Species Gnathia acrorudus Svavarsson & Bruce, 2019
Species Gnathia africana Barnard, 1914
Species Gnathia albescens Hansen, 1916
Species Gnathia albipalpebrata Ota, 2014
Species Gnathia alces Monod, 1926
Species Gnathia andrei Pires, 1996
Species Gnathia antonbruunae Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009
Species Gnathia arabica Schotte, 1995
Species Gnathia asperifrons Holdich & Harrison, 1980
Species Gnathia aureola Stebbing, 1900
Species Gnathia aureumaculosa Ferreira & Smit in Ferreira, Smit, Grutter & Davies, 2009
Species Gnathia beethoveni Paul & Menzies, 1971
Species Gnathia bengalensis Kumari, Hanumantha Rao & Shyamasundari, 1993
Species Gnathia bermudensis Hadfield, Schizas, Chatterjee & Smit, 2019
Species Gnathia biorbis Holdich & Harrison, 1980
Species Gnathia brachyuropus Monod, 1926
Species Gnathia brucei George, 2003
Species Gnathia bungoensis Nunomura, 1982
Species Gnathia calamitosa Monod, 1926
Species Gnathia calmani Monod, 1926
Species Gnathia calsi Müller, 1993
Species Gnathia camponotus Cohen & Poore, 1994
Species Gnathia camuripenis Tanaka, 2004
Species Gnathia capillata Nunomura & Honma, 2004
Species Gnathia capitellum Ota, Kohtsuka & Tanaka, 2021
Species Gnathia capricornica Svavarsson & Bruce, 2019
Species Gnathia carinodenta Svavarsson & Bruce, 2019
Species Gnathia clementensis Schultz, 1966
Species Gnathia cooki Müller, 1989
Species Gnathia coralmaris Svavarsson & Bruce, 2012
Species Gnathia cornuta Holdich & Harrison, 1980
Species Gnathia coronadoensis Schultz, 1966
Species Gnathia dejimagi Ota, 2014
Species Gnathia dentata (G. O. Sars, 1872)
Species Gnathia derzhavini Gurjanova, 1933
Species Gnathia disjuncta Barnard, 1920
Species Gnathia epopstruma Cohen & Poore, 1994
Species Gnathia eumeces Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009
Species Gnathia excavata Ota, 2012
Species Gnathia falcipenis Holdich & Harrison, 1980
Species Gnathia fallax Monod, 1926
Species Gnathia firingae Müller, 1991
Species Gnathia formosa Svavarsson & Bruce, 2019
Species Gnathia fragilis Schultz, 1977
Species Gnathia glauca Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009
Species Gnathia glaucostega Svavarsson & Bruce, 2019
Species Gnathia gonzalezi Müller, 1988
Species Gnathia grandilaris Coetzee, Smit, Grutter & Davies, 2008
Species Gnathia grutterae Ferreira, M., Smit, N. & Davies, A., 2010
Species Gnathia gurjanovae Golovan, 2006
Species Gnathia halei Cals, 1973
Species Gnathia hamletgast Svavarsson & Bruce, 2012
Species Gnathia hemingwayi Ortiz & Lalana, 1997
Species Gnathia hirsuta Schultz, 1966
Species Gnathia illepidus (Wagner, 1869)
Species Gnathia incana Menzies & George, 1972
Species Gnathia indoinsularis Svavarsson & Jorundsdottir, 2004
Species Gnathia inopinata Monod, 1925
Species Gnathia iridomyrmex Cohen & Poore, 1994
Species Gnathia jimmybuffetti Erasmus, Hadfield, Sikkel & Smit, 2023
Species Gnathia johanna Monod, 1926
Species Gnathia koreana Song & Ming, 2018
Species Gnathia kumejimensis Ota, 2012
Species Gnathia lacunacapitalis Menzies & George, 1972
Species Gnathia latidens (Beddard, 1886)
Species Gnathia lignophila Müller, 1993
Species Gnathia limicola Ota & Tanaka, 2007
Species Gnathia luxata Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009
Species Gnathia maculosa Ota & Hirose, 2009
Species Gnathia magdalenensis Müller, 1988
Species Gnathia malaysiensis Müller, 1993
Species Gnathia margaritarum Monod, 1926
Species Gnathia marionis Svavarsson & Bruce, 2012
Species Gnathia marleyi Farquharson, Smit & Sikkel, 2012
Species Gnathia masca Farquharson & Smit, 2012 in Farquharson, Smit, Grutter & Davies, 2012
Species Gnathia maxillaris (Montagu, 1804)
Species Gnathia meticola Holdich & Harrison, 1980
Species Gnathia micheli Ortiz, Winfield & Varela, 2012
Species Gnathia mortenseni Monod, 1926
Species Gnathia mulieraria Hale, 1924
Species Gnathia mutsuensis Nunomura, 2004
Species Gnathia mystrium Cohen & Poore, 1994
Species Gnathia nasuta Nunomura, 1992
Species Gnathia nicembola Müller, 1989
Species Gnathia nkulu Smit & Van As, 2000
Species Gnathia notostigma Cohen & Poore, 1994
Species Gnathia nubila Ota & Hirose, 2009
Species Gnathia obtusispina Kim, Kim & Yoon, 2023
Species Gnathia odontomachus Cohen & Poore, 1994
Species Gnathia oxyuraea (Lilljeborg, 1855)
Species Gnathia panousei Daguerre de Hureaux, 1971
Species Gnathia pantherina Smit & Basson, 2002
Species Gnathia parvirostrata Ota, 2014
Species Gnathia perimulica Monod, 1926
Species Gnathia phallonajopsis Monod, 1925
Species Gnathia philogona Monod, 1926
Species Gnathia pilosus Hadfield, Smit & Avenant-Oldewage, 2008
Species Gnathia pipinde Smit & Hadfield, 2022
Species Gnathia piscivora Paperna & Por, 1977
Species Gnathia productatridens Menzies & Barnard, 1959
Species Gnathia prolasius Cohen & Poore, 1994
Species Gnathia rathi Kensley, 1984
Species Gnathia rectifrons Gurjanova, 1933
Species Gnathia rhytidoponera Cohen & Poore, 1994
Species Gnathia ricardoi Pires, 1996
Species Gnathia richardi Dollfus, 1901
Species Gnathia rufescens Ota, 2015
Species Gnathia samariensis Müller, 1988
Species Gnathia sanrikuensis Nunomura, 1998
Species Gnathia scabra Ota, 2012
Species Gnathia schmidti Gurjanova, 1933
Species Gnathia serrula Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009
Species Gnathia serrulatifrons Monod, 1926
Species Gnathia sifae Svavarsson, 2006
Species Gnathia somalia Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009
Species Gnathia spongicola Barnard, 1920
Species Gnathia steveni Menzies, 1962
Species Gnathia stigmacros Cohen & Poore, 1994
Species Gnathia stoddarti Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009
Species Gnathia taprobanensis Monod, 1926
Species Gnathia teissieri Cals, 1972
Species Gnathia teruyukiae Ota, 2011
Species Gnathia tridens Menzies & Barnard, 1959
Species Gnathia trilobata Schultz, 1966
Species Gnathia trimaculata Coetzee, Smit, Grutter & Davies, 2009
Species Gnathia triospathiona Boone, 1918
Species Gnathia tuberculata Richardson, 1909
Species Gnathia tuberculosa (Beddard, 1886)
Species Gnathia ubatuba Pires, 1996
Species Gnathia varanus Svavarsson & Bruce, 2012
Species Gnathia variobranchia Holdich & Harrison, 1980
Species Gnathia vellosa Müller, 1988
Species Gnathia venusta Monod, 1925
Species Gnathia virginalis Monod, 1926
Species Gnathia vorax (Lucas, 1849)
Species Gnathia wisteri Svavarsson & Bruce, 2012
Species Gnathia zanzibarensis Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009

Subgenus Gnathia (Elaphognathia) Monod, 1926 accepted as Elaphognathia Monod, 1926 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Species Gnathia abyssorum (G. O. Sars, 1872) accepted as Caecognathia abyssorum (G. O. Sars, 1872) (basionym)
Species Gnathia agwillisi Seed, 1979 accepted as Caecognathia agwillisi (Seed, 1979) (basionym)
Species Gnathia akaroensis Monod, 1926 accepted as Caecognathia akaroensis (Monod, 1926) (basionym)
Species Gnathia amakusaensis Nunomura, 1992 accepted as Caecognathia amakusaensis (Nunomura, 1992) (basionym)
Species Gnathia amboinenesis Cals, 1978 accepted as Elaphognathia amboinenesis (Cals, 1978) (basionym)
Species Gnathia antarctica (Studer, 1883) (unaccepted > nomen nudum, transfered genus Cecognathia (Cohen & Poore, 1994))
Species Gnathia arctica Gurjanova, 1929 accepted as Caecognathia arctica (Gurjanowa, 1929) (nomen nudum; transfered to genus Cecognathia (Cohen & Poore, 1994))
Species Gnathia bacescoi Kussakin, 1969 accepted as Elaphognathia bacescoi (Kussakin, 1969) (basionym)
Species Gnathia bicolor Hansen, 1916 accepted as Caecognathia bicolor (Hansen, 1916) (basionym)
Species Gnathia bifurcilla Holdich & Harrison, 1980 accepted as Elaphognathia bifurcilla (Holdich & Harrison, 1980) (basionym)
Species Gnathia branchyponera Cohen & Poore, 1994 accepted as Caecognathia branchyponera Cohen & Poore, 1994 (basionym)
Species Gnathia caeca Richardson, 1911 accepted as Caecognathia caeca (Richardson, 1911) (basionym)
Species Gnathia calva Vanhöffen, 1914 accepted as Caecognathia calva (Vanhöffen, 1914) (basionym)
Species Gnathia cerina (Stimpson, 1853) accepted as Caecognathia cerina (Stimpson, 1853) (transfered to Cecognathia (Cohen & Poore, 1994))
Species Gnathia consobrina Monod, 1926 accepted as Caecognathia consobrina (Monod, 1926) (basionym)
Species Gnathia coralliophila Monod, 1926 accepted as Caecognathia coralliophila (Monod, 1926) (basionym)
Species Gnathia cornigera Nunomura, 1992 accepted as Elaphognathia cornigera (Nunomura, 1992) (basionym)
Species Gnathia crenulatifrons Monod, 1926 accepted as Caecognathia crenulatifrons (Monod, 1926) (basionym)
Species Gnathia cristata (Hansen, 1888) accepted as Gnathia hirsuta (G. O. Sars, 1877) accepted as Caecognathia hirsuta (G. O. Sars, 1877)
Species Gnathia cristatipes Stebbing, 1912 accepted as Monodgnathia cristatipes (Stebbing, 1912) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Gnathia cryptopais Barnard, 1925 accepted as Caecognathia cryptopais (Barnard, 1925) (nomen nudum; transfered to genus Cecognathia (Cohen & Poore, 1994))
Species Gnathia discolor Nunomura, 1988 accepted as Elaphognathia discolor (Nunomura, 1988) (basionym)
Species Gnathia elongata (Krøyer, 1847) accepted as Caecognathia elongata (Krøyer, 1847)
Species Gnathia floridensis Menzies & Kruczynski, 1983 accepted as Caecognathia floridensis (Menzies & Kruczynski, 1983) (basionym)
Species Gnathia forceps Holdich & Harrison, 1980 accepted as Elaphognathia forceps (Holdich & Harrison, 1980) (basionym)
Species Gnathia galzini Müller, 1989 accepted as Caecognathia galzini (Müller, 1989) (basionym)
Species Gnathia grimaldii Dollfus, 1901 accepted as Gnathia vorax (Lucas, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Gnathia hirayamai Nunomura, 1992 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, junior synonym of Caecognathia nasuta (Ota, 2013))
Species Gnathia hirsuta (G. O. Sars, 1877) accepted as Caecognathia hirsuta (G. O. Sars, 1877)
Species Gnathia hodgsoni Vanhöffen, 1914 accepted as Caecognathia hodgsoni (Vanhöffen, 1914) (basionym)
Species Gnathia insolita Stebbing, 1905 accepted as Elaphognathia insolita (Stebbing, 1905) (basionym)
Species Gnathia kikuchii Nunomura, 1992 accepted as Caecognathia kikuchii (Nunomura, 1992) (basionym)
Species Gnathia monodi Gurjanova, 1936 accepted as Elaphognathia monodi (Gurjanova, 1936) (basionym)
Species Gnathia multispinis Richardson, 1908 accepted as Caecognathia multispinis (Richardson, 1908)
Species Gnathia nipponensis Monod, 1926 accepted as Caecognathia nipponensis (Monod, 1926) (basionym)
Species Gnathia pacifica Monod, 1926 accepted as Caecognathia pacifica (Monod, 1926) (basionym)
Species Gnathia pilosipes Monod, 1926 accepted as Caecognathia pilosipes (Monod, 1926) (basionym)
Species Gnathia polaris Hodgson, 1902 accepted as Caecognathia polaris (Hodgson, 1902) (basionym)
Species Gnathia polythrix Monod, 1926 accepted as Caecognathia polythrix (Monod, 1926) (basionym)
Species Gnathia poteriophora Monod, 1926 accepted as Monodgnathia poteriophora (Monod, 1926) (basionym)
Species Gnathia propinqua Bonnier, 1896 accepted as Gnathia vorax (Lucas, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Gnathia puertoricensis Menzies & Glynn, 1968 accepted as Gnathia virginalis Monod, 1926 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Gnathia pustulosa Hale, 1924 accepted as Caecognathia pustulosa (Hale, 1924) (basionym)
Species Gnathia regalis Monod, 1926 accepted as Caecognathia regalis (Monod, 1926) (basionym)
Species Gnathia rimifrons Holdich & Harrison, 1980 accepted as Elaphognathia rimifrons (Holdich & Harrison, 1980) (basionym)
Species Gnathia saikaiensis Nunomura, 1992 accepted as Caecognathia saikaiensis (Nunomura, 1992) (basionym)
Species Gnathia sanctaecrucis Schultz, 1972 accepted as Caecognathia sanctaecrucis (Schultz, 1972) (basionym)
Species Gnathia schistifrons Stebbing, 1912 accepted as Caecognathia schistifrons (Stebbing, 1912) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Gnathia serrata Richardson, 1908 accepted as Caecognathia serrata (Richardson, 1908) (basionym)
Species Gnathia stygia (G. O. Sars, 1877) accepted as Caecognathia stygia (G. O. Sars, 1877)
Species Gnathia sugashimaensis Nunomura, 1981 accepted as Elaphognathia sugashimaensis (Nunomura, 1981) (basionym)
Species Gnathia termitoides Leach, 1814 accepted as Gnathia maxillaris (Montagu, 1804) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Gnathia vanhoeffeni Menzies, 1962 accepted as Caecognathia vanhoeffeni (Menzies, 1962) (basionym)
Species Gnathia velosa Müller, 1988 accepted as Gnathia vellosa Müller, 1988 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Species Gnathia vemae Menzies, 1962 accepted as Caecognathia vemae (Menzies, 1962) (basionym)
Species Gnathia wagneri Monod, 1925 accepted as Caecognathia wagneri (Monod, 1925)
Species Gnathia wolffi Müller, 1989 accepted as Elaphognathia wolffi (Müller, 1989) (basionym)

Species Gnathia forficularius (Risso, 1816) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Leach, W.E. (1813-1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640
page(s): 386 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. (Eds) (2023). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Gnathia Leach, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118437 on 2023-09-29
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2007-09-10 07:46:43Z
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2007-11-28 15:20:16Z
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2017-02-15 20:06:59Z
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original description Leach, W.E. (1813-1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640
page(s): 386 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Praniza Latreille, 1818) Latreille, [P.A.]. (1818). Crustacés, arachnides et insectes. <em>Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Agasse, Paris.</em> 24, [1–4], pp. 1–39, pls. 268–397 [published 8 Aug 1818]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.35658 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Heterognathia Amar & Roman, 1974) Amar, R.; Roman, M.-L. (1974). Invertébrés marins des XIIème et XVème expeditions Antarctiques françaises en Terre Adelie. XIV. Tanaidacés et Isopodes. <em>Tethys.</em> 5 (4): 561-599. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

original description  (of Pranyses Latreille, 1816) Latreille, [P. A.]. (1816). Les Crustacés, les Arachnides, et les Insectes. <em>In: [G. L. C. F. D.] Cuvier. Le Règne Animal, Distribué d'après son Organisation, pour Servrir de Base a l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux et d'Introduction a l'Anatomie Comparée.</em> Volume 3: i-xxix+1-653. Paris: Deterville [published 2 December 1816 fide Roux, 1976]. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Praniza Latreille, 1816) Latreille, [P. A.]. (1816). Les Crustacés, les Arachnides, et les Insectes. <em>In: [G. L. C. F. D.] Cuvier. Le Règne Animal, Distribué d'après son Organisation, pour Servrir de Base a l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux et d'Introduction a l'Anatomie Comparée.</em> Volume 3: i-xxix+1-653. Paris: Deterville [published 2 December 1816 fide Roux, 1976]. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Pranize Leach, 1818) Leach, W.E. (1818). Crustacés, Crustacea. <em>Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, dans Lequel on Traite Méthodiquement des Différens Êtres de la Nature, Considérés Soit en Eux-mêmes, d'après l'État Actuel de nos Connoissances, Soit Relativement a l'Utilité qu'en Peuvent Retirer la Médecine, l'Agriculture, le Commerce et les Artes.</em> 12: 69-75., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23001748 [details]   

original description  (of Praniza Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, J.B.P. de. (1815-1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des caractères essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels; enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la zoologie. <em>In: Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. 5; Paris.</em> Paris: 7 volumes. Vol. 1 [Introduction]: Verdière, i-xvi, 1-462 [March 1815]; Vol. 2 [les Polypes, les Radiaires]: Verdière, 1-568 [March 1816]; Vol. 3 [suite des Radiaires; les Tuniciers; les Vers]: Verdière, 1-586 [August, 1816]; Vol. 4: Deterville/Verdière, 1-603 [April 1817]; Vol. 5 [les Arachnides; les Crustacés; les Annélides; les Cirrhipèdes; les Conchiferes]: Paris, Deterville/Verdière, 1-612 [25 July 1818]; Vol. 6(1) [suite des Conchifères; Les Mollusques]: published by the Author, i-vi, 1-343 [June 1819]; Vol. 6(2) (suite): published by the Author, 1-232 [April 1822]; Vol. 7 (suite): published by the Author, 1-711. [August 1822]., available online at https://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.40014 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Anceus Risso, 1816) Risso, A. (1816). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés des Environs de Nice. <em>Librairie Grecque­-Latine-Allemande, Paris.</em> 175 pp., pls. 1-3. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

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]   

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]   

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]   
 
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Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 091056)
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