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Paracerceis Hansen, 1905

AphiaID

249103 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:249103)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Naesa caudata Say, 1818 accepted as Paracerceis caudata (Say, 1818) (type by original designation)

Parent

Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825

Original name

Paracerceis Hansen, 1905

Synonymised names

Paracereis Hansen, 1905 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Sergiella Pires, 1980 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Paracerceis caudata (Say, 1818)
Species Paracerceis cohenae Kensley, 1984
Species Paracerceis cordata (Richardson, 1899)
Species Paracerceis dollfusi Lombardo, 1985
Species Paracerceis edithae Boone, 1930
Species Paracerceis gilliana (Richardson, 1899)
Species Paracerceis glynni Kensley, 1984
Species Paracerceis holdichi Kussakin & Malyutina, 1993
Species Paracerceis nuttingi (Boone, 1921)
Species Paracerceis richardsoni Lombardo, 1988
Species Paracerceis sculpta (Holmes, 1904)
Species Paracerceis spinulosa Espinosa-Perez & Hendrickx, 2002
Species Paracerceis tomentosa Schultz & McCloskey, 1967
Species Paracerceis angra (Pires, 1980) accepted as Paracerceis sculpta (Holmes, 1904) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Paracerceis japonica Nunomura, 1988 accepted as Paracerceis sculpta (Holmes, 1904)
Species Paracerceis richardsonae Lombardo, 1988 accepted as Paracerceis richardsoni Lombardo, 1988 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Hansen, H. J. (1905). On the propagation, structure, and classification of the family Sphaeromidae. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, New Series. 49: 69–135, pl. 7. [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Paracerceis Hansen, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=249103 on 2026-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-11-28 15:20:16Z

created

Schotte, Marilyn

2019-05-21 08:22:23Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2023-03-23 11:40:34Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

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Nomenclature

original description Hansen, H. J. (1905). On the propagation, structure, and classification of the family Sphaeromidae. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, New Series. 49: 69–135, pl. 7. [details]

original description (of Sergiella Pires, 1980) Pires, A. M. S. (1980). Sergiella angra, a new genus and species of Sphaeromatidae (Isopoda) from Brazil. Crustaceana. 38(2): 212-218., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854080x00652 [details] Available for editors

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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]