WoRMS taxon details
Bathynomus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
248508 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:248508)
accepted
Genus
Bathynomus giganteus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 (type by monotypy)
- Species Bathynomus affinis Richardson, 1910
- Species Bathynomus brucei Lowry & Dempsey, 2006
- Species Bathynomus bruscai Lowry & Dempsey, 2006
- Species Bathynomus crosnieri Lowry & Dempsey, 2006
- Species Bathynomus decemspinosus Shih, 1972
- Species Bathynomus doederleini Ortmann, 1894
- Species Bathynomus giganteus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
- Species Bathynomus immanis Bruce, 1986
- Species Bathynomus jamesi Kou, Chen & Li in Kou, Q., Chen, J., Li, X., He, L. & Wang, Y., 2017
- Species Bathynomus kapala Griffin, 1975
- Species Bathynomus keablei Lowry & Dempsey, 2006
- Species Bathynomus kensleyi Lowry & Dempsey, 2006
- Species Bathynomus lowryi Bruce & Bussarawit, 2004
- Species Bathynomus maxeyorum Shipley, Brooks & Bruce, 2016
- Species Bathynomus miyarei Lemos de Castro, 1978
- Species Bathynomus obtusus Magalhaes & Young, 2003
- Species Bathynomus paracelensis Huang & Kawai, 2025
- Species Bathynomus pelor Bruce, 1986
- Species Bathynomus raksasa Sidabalok, Wong & Ng, 2020
- Species Bathynomus richeri Lowry & Dempsey, 2006
- Species Bathynomus vaderi Ng, Sidabalok & Nguyen, 2025
- Species Bathynomus wilsoni Ahyong, 2025
- Species Bathynomus yucatanensis Huang, Kawai & Bruce, 2022
- Species Bathynomus propinquus Richardson, 1910 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Bathynomus doederleinii Ortmann, 1894 accepted as Bathynomus doederleini Ortmann, 1894 (unaccepted > unjustified emendation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Milne Edwards, A. (1879). Sur un isopode gigantesque, des grandes profondeurs de la mer. <em>Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences.</em> 88: 21-23., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3720307 [details] 
Nomenclature Per ICZN Opinion 1668, Bathynomus A. Milne Edwards, 1879 is to be given precedence over Palaega Woodward, 1870 when the two...
Nomenclature Per ICZN Opinion 1668, Bathynomus A. Milne Edwards, 1879 is to be given precedence over Palaega Woodward, 1870 when the two genera are considered synonymous. [details]
Boyko, C.B.; 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. Bathynomus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248508 on 2026-01-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Milne Edwards, A. (1879). Sur un isopode gigantesque, des grandes profondeurs de la mer. <em>Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences.</em> 88: 21-23., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3720307 [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
redescription
Bruce, N. L. (1986) Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum Supplement 6: 1-239. [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Lowry, J. K.; Dempsey, K. (2006). The giant deep-sea scavenger genus Bathynomus (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. <em>in: Richer de Forges, B. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 24. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993).</em> 193: 163-192. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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Nomenclature Per ICZN Opinion 1668, Bathynomus A. Milne Edwards, 1879 is to be given precedence over Palaega Woodward, 1870 when the two genera are considered synonymous. [details]
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