WoRMS taxon details
Gyge wimi Boyko & Williams, 2025
1808637 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1808637)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Boyko, C. B.; Williams, J. D. (2025). New records of crustacean (Isopoda: Bopyridae and Cirripedia: Rhizocephala) and molluscan (Bivalvia: Galeommatoidea) symbionts from gebiid mud shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Gebiidea) with description of a new species of <i>Gyge</i> Cornalia & Panceli, 1861 from Iran. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5621(5): 571-586., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.5.5 [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype SMF 62932
, Type locality contained in Persian Gulf
Holotype SMF 62932 [details]
type locality contained in Persian Gulf [details]
Etymology We are pleased to name this species in honor of Wim Decock, Science Officer in the Data Centre of Flanders Marine...
Etymology We are pleased to name this species in honor of Wim Decock, Science Officer in the Data Centre of Flanders Marine Institute/Vlaams Instituut Voor De Zee (VLIZ) on the occasion of his retirement. Wim has been an amazing resource and of great help with making sure that the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) runs smoothly and is kept up to date and fully functional. [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. Gyge wimi Boyko & Williams, 2025. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1808637 on 2025-07-02
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Boyko, C. B.; Williams, J. D. (2025). New records of crustacean (Isopoda: Bopyridae and Cirripedia: Rhizocephala) and molluscan (Bivalvia: Galeommatoidea) symbionts from gebiid mud shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Gebiidea) with description of a new species of <i>Gyge</i> Cornalia & Panceli, 1861 from Iran. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5621(5): 571-586., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.5.5 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype SMF 62932 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology We are pleased to name this species in honor of Wim Decock, Science Officer in the Data Centre of Flanders Marine Institute/Vlaams Instituut Voor De Zee (VLIZ) on the occasion of his retirement. Wim has been an amazing resource and of great help with making sure that the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) runs smoothly and is kept up to date and fully functional. [details]
