WoRMS taxon details
Erichsonella Benedict in Richardson, 1901
157886 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157886)
accepted
Genus
Erichsonia angulata Dana, 1849 accepted as Erichsonella filiformis (Say, 1818) (type by typification of replaced name)
Erichsonia Dana, 1849 · unaccepted > junior homonym
- Species Erichsonella attenuata (Harger in Verrill, Smith & Harger, 1873)
- Species Erichsonella cortezi Brusca & Wallerstein, 1977
- Species Erichsonella crenulata Menzies, 1950
- Species Erichsonella filiformis (Say, 1818)
- Species Erichsonella floridana Benedict, 1901
- Species Erichsonella isabelensis Menzies, 1951
- Species Erichsonella nordenskjoeldi (Ohlin, 1901)
- Species Erichsonella pseudoculata Boone, 1923 accepted as Eusymmerus pseudoculata (Boone, 1923) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Richardson, H. (1901). Key to the isopods of the Atlantic coast of North America with descriptions of new and little known species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 23: 493-579., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7511597 [details] 
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. Erichsonella Benedict in Richardson, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157886 on 2025-12-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Richardson, H. (1901). Key to the isopods of the Atlantic coast of North America with descriptions of new and little known species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 23: 493-579., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7511597 [details]
original description (of Erichsonia Dana, 1849) Dana, J.D. (1849). Conspectus Crustaceorum quæ in orbis Terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicæ Fœderatæ Duce, lexit et descripsit. [An observation of the Crustacea which in circumnavigation of the globe, Charles Wilkes of the Navy of the Federal Republic, read and described]. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts. Second Series.</em> 8(23): 276-285, 424-428., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27760802 [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
original description (of Erichsonia Dana, 1849) Dana, J.D. (1849). Conspectus Crustaceorum quæ in orbis Terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicæ Fœderatæ Duce, lexit et descripsit. [An observation of the Crustacea which in circumnavigation of the globe, Charles Wilkes of the Navy of the Federal Republic, read and described]. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts. Second Series.</em> 8(23): 276-285, 424-428., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27760802 [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Erichsonella)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Erichsonia) (from synonym Erichsonia Dana, 1849)
To Genbank (from synonym Erichsonia Dana, 1849)
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 091051)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Erichsonia) (from synonym Erichsonia Dana, 1849)
To Genbank (from synonym Erichsonia Dana, 1849)
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 091051)
To ITIS
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