WoRMS taxon details
Prodajus ostendensis Gilson, 1909
148638 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148638)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gilson, G. (1909). Prodajus ostendensis n. sp. étude monographique d'un epicaride parasite du Gastrosaccus spinifer Goes. <em>Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique.</em> 43: 19-29, pls. 1-2. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
Type locality contained in Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Prodajus ostendensis Gilson, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148638 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Gilson, G. (1909). Prodajus ostendensis n. sp. étude monographique d'un epicaride parasite du Gastrosaccus spinifer Goes. <em>Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique.</em> 43: 19-29, pls. 1-2. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
basis of record Rappé, G. (1989). Annoted checklist of the marine and brackish-water Isopoda (Crustacea, Malacostraca) of Belgium, <B><I>in</I></B>: Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.) (1989). <i>Proceedings of the Symposium "Invertebrates of Belgium".</i> pp. 165-168 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Rappé, G. (1989). Annoted checklist of the marine and brackish-water Isopoda (Crustacea, Malacostraca) of Belgium, <B><I>in</I></B>: Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.) (1989). <i>Proceedings of the Symposium "Invertebrates of Belgium".</i> pp. 165-168 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Schelde)
Mortier, S. (1998). Tidale en diurnale ritmes van het hyperbenthos in het subtidaal van de Belgische oostkust. <em>BSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent. Mariene Biologie. Instituut voor Dierkunde. Vakgroep Morfologie, Systematiek en Ecologie: Gent.</em> 94 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring at long-term monitoring stations in the Belgian part of the North Sea from 2001 on. [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [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]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring at long-term monitoring stations in the Belgian part of the North Sea from 2001 on. [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [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]





Unreviewed
Ecology This species lives parasitically on the female of the mysid Gastrosaccus spinifer and was found abundantly by Gilson (1909). Most of his material is deposited in the Brussels collection (KBIN). [details]