WoRMS taxon details
Caecianiropsis Menzies & Pettit, 1956
248557 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:248557)
accepted
Genus
Caecianiropsis psammophila Menzies & Pettit, 1956 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Menzies, R.J.; Pettit, J. (1956). A new genus and species of marine asellote isopod, <i>Caecianiropsis psammophila</i>, from California. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 106(3376): 441-446., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.106-3376.441 [details] Available for editors 
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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. Caecianiropsis Menzies & Pettit, 1956. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248557 on 2026-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Menzies, R.J.; Pettit, J. (1956). A new genus and species of marine asellote isopod, <i>Caecianiropsis psammophila</i>, from California. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 106(3376): 441-446., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.106-3376.441 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
[request]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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
