Idotea linearis
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Schotte, Marilyn
creator: Poore, Gary C.B.
creator: Boyko, Christopher B.
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Idotea linearis (Linnaeus, 1767)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic 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. Idotea linearis (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119046 on 2026-08-30
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2020-08-05T21:07:07Z
replaces: 367099
replaces: 367165
replaces: 295645
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Idotea linearis (Linnaeus, 1767)
class: Malacostraca
family: Idoteidae
genus: Idotea
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Krøyer, H. (1846). Karcinologiske Bidrag (Fortsaettelse). [Carcinological Contributions (Continued)]. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. II. 2: 1-211, pls. 1-2.
name published in: Latreille [P. A.]. (1816). Les Crustacés, les Arachnides, et les Insectes. In: [G. L. C. F. D.] Cuvier. Le Règne Animal, Distribué d'après son Organisation, pour Servrir de Base a l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux et d'Introduction a l'Anatomie Comparée. Volume 3: i-xxix+1-653. Paris: Deterville [Dated 1817, published 2 December 1816 fide Roux, 1976].
name published in: Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767].
name published in year: 1846
name published in year: 1816
name published in year: 1767
order: Isopoda
parent name usage ID: 118454
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: (Linnaeus, 1767)
specific epithet: linearis
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted