WoRMS taxon details
Epulaega nodosa (Schioedte & Meinert, 1879)
256426 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:256426)
accepted
Species
Aega nodosa Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Rocinela spongicola Thomson, 1893 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Aega nodosa Schioedte & Meinert, 1879) Schioedte, J. C.; Meinert, F. W. (1879). Symbolae ad monographiam cymothoarum crustaceorum isopodum familiae. I. Aegidae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 12: 321-413, pls. 7-13. [details] 
Note Bass Strait, Australia
From editor or global species database
type locality Bass Strait, Australia [details]
Depth range shallow
Depth range shallow [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. Epulaega nodosa (Schioedte & Meinert, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=256426 on 2026-07-26
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Aega nodosa Schioedte & Meinert, 1879) Schioedte, J. C.; Meinert, F. W. (1879). Symbolae ad monographiam cymothoarum crustaceorum isopodum familiae. I. Aegidae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 12: 321-413, pls. 7-13. [details]
original description (of Rocinela spongicola Thomson, 1893) Thomson, G.M. (1893). Notes on Tasmanian Crustacea, with Descriptions of New Species. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, for 1892.</em> 45-76, 6 plates.
page(s): 57 [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]
original description (of Rocinela spongicola Thomson, 1893) Thomson, G.M. (1893). Notes on Tasmanian Crustacea, with Descriptions of New Species. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, for 1892.</em> 45-76, 6 plates.
page(s): 57 [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
source of synonymy
Bruce, N. L. (1983). Aegidae (Isopoda,Crustacea) from Australia with descriptions of three new species. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 17(5): 757-788., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938300770591
page(s): 760 [details] Available for editors
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status source Bruce, N.L. (2009). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Isopoda, Aegidae (Crustacea. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 122: 1-252. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 760 [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Bruce, N.L. (2009). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Isopoda, Aegidae (Crustacea. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 122: 1-252. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
