Idotea metallica
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Schotte, Marilyn
creator: Poore, Gary C.B.
creator: Boyko, Christopher B.
date: 2026-08-27
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 metallica Bosc, 1801
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 metallica Bosc, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119047 on 2026-08-27
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2023-03-02T17:02:49Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Idotea metallica Bosc, 1801
class: Malacostraca
family: Idoteidae
genus: Idotea
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Bosc, L.A.G. (1801). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés Contenant leur Description et leurs Moeurs; avec Figures Dessinées, d'Après Nature. Tome second. Paris: Chez Deterville. 1–296, pls. 9–18.
name published in: Costa, A. (1840). Statistica fisica ed economica dell'Isola di Capri. 7. Crostacei. Esercitazioni accademiche degli Aspiranti Naturalisti, Napoli. 2(1): 73-77, pl. IV.
name published in: Dana, J.D. (1849). Conspectus Crustaceorum quæ in orbis Terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicæ Fœderatæ Duce, lexit et descripsit. [An observation of the Crustacea which in circumnavigation of the globe, Charles Wilkes of the Navy of the Federal Republic, read and described]. The American Journal of Science and Arts. Second Series. 8(23): 276-285, 424-428.
name published in: Dana, J.D. (1853 - 1855). Crustacea. Part II. In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia. 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.].
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: Lucas, H. (1846). Crustacés, arachnides, myriapodes, et hexapodes. Exploration Scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842. Sciences physiques. Zoologie I. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Articulés. (Paris). 1:1-403, pls. 1-8.
name published in: Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris.
name published in: Rathke, H. (1843). Beiträge zur Fauna Norwegens. [Contributions to the Fauna of Norway]. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, Breslau & Bonn. 20: 1-264.
name published in: Roux, P. (1828 - 1830). Crustacés de la Méditerranée et de son Littoral, Décrits et Lithographiés. [Crustaceans of the Mediterranean and its Coastline, Described and Lithographed]. Chez Levrault, Paris. i-iv + 1-176 pp., pls. 1-45.
name published in year: 1801
name published in year: 1840
name published in year: 1849
name published in year: 1853 - 1855
name published in year: 1846
name published in year: 1834–1840
name published in year: 1843
name published in year: 1828 - 1830
order: Isopoda
parent name usage ID: 118454
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: Bosc, 1801
specific epithet: metallica
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted