WoRMS name details
Oniscus serratus J. C. Fabricius, 1787
148654 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148654)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fabricius, J. C. (1787). Mantissa Insectorum Sistens Eorum Species Nuper Detectas Adjectis Characteribus Genericis Differentiis Specificis, Emendationibus, Observationibus. Tome I. Hafniae: Christ. Gottl. Proft. xvi + 348 pp. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12058315 [details] 
Homonymy Junior primary homonym of Oniscus serratus O. Fabricius, 1780 (as “Oniscvs serratvs”). However, the junior homonym...
Homonymy Junior primary homonym of Oniscus serratus O. Fabricius, 1780 (as “Oniscvs serratvs”). However, the junior homonym cannot be replaced without an application to the ICZN (ICZN Article 23.9.5.) as the two taxa are currently in different genera as well as different orders within Peracarida. [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. Oniscus serratus J. C. Fabricius, 1787. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148654 on 2026-05-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Fabricius, J. C. (1787). Mantissa Insectorum Sistens Eorum Species Nuper Detectas Adjectis Characteribus Genericis Differentiis Specificis, Emendationibus, Observationibus. Tome I. Hafniae: Christ. Gottl. Proft. xvi + 348 pp. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12058315 [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]
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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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]
From editor or global species database
Homonymy Junior primary homonym of Oniscus serratus O. Fabricius, 1780 (as “Oniscvs serratvs”). However, the junior homonym cannot be replaced without an application to the ICZN (ICZN Article 23.9.5.) as the two taxa are currently in different genera as well as different orders within Peracarida. [details]
