WoRMS taxon details
Aega maxima Hansen, 1897
256424 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:256424)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hansen, H. J. (1897). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos Islands, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U.S. Navy, commanding. XXII. The Isopods. <em>Bulletin Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard College.</em> 31 (5): 95-129., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28859748 [details] 
Note near Galapagos Is.
From editor or global species database
type locality near Galapagos Is. [details]
Depth range 2350
Depth range 2350 [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Aega maxima Hansen, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=256424 on 2025-04-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Hansen, H. J. (1897). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos Islands, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U.S. Navy, commanding. XXII. The Isopods. <em>Bulletin Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard College.</em> 31 (5): 95-129., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28859748 [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]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
