WoRMS taxon details
Barybrotes Schioedte & Meinert, 1879
248501 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:248501)
accepted
Genus
Barybrotes indus Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Barybrotes indus Schioedte & Meinert, 1879
- Species Barybrotes agilis Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 accepted as Barybrotes indus Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Schioedte, J. C.; Meinert, F. (1879). De cirolanis aegas simulantibus commentatio brevis. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 12(1-2): 279–302, pls 3–5. [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. Barybrotes Schioedte & Meinert, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248501 on 2026-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Schioedte, J. C.; Meinert, F. (1879). De cirolanis aegas simulantibus commentatio brevis. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 12(1-2): 279–302, pls 3–5. [details]
Other
subsequent type designation
Vigneshwaran, P.; Ravichandran, S.; Ajith Kumar, T. T. (2021). Redescription of the monotypic micro-predatory isopod genera <i>Alitropus</i> H. Milne Edwards, 1840 and <i>Barybrotes</i> Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 (Isopoda, Cymothoida), with a taxonomic key to the Cymothooidea Leach, 1814 from India. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 55(45-46): 2909-2934., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.2008542
note: Vigneshwaran et al. stated that B. indicus was the type species by monotypy, which is incorrect; however, this is a valid subsequent type species selection despite this error. [details] Available for editors
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note: Vigneshwaran et al. stated that B. indicus was the type species by monotypy, which is incorrect; however, this is a valid subsequent type species selection despite this error. [details] Available for editors
[request]
