WoRMS taxon details
Idotea emarginata (Fabricius, 1793)
119043 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:119043)
accepted
Species
Cymothoa emarginata Fabricius, 1793 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Idotea emarginata var. massiliensis Gourret, 1891 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Idotea excisa Bosc, 1801 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Variety Idotea emarginata var. massiliensis Gourret, 1891 accepted as Idotea emarginata (Fabricius, 1793) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cymothoa emarginata Fabricius, 1793) Fabricius, J.C. (1793). Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adjectis Synonimis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. [Improved and Enhanced Systematic Entomology. According to the Classes, Orders, Genera, Species Adjacent Synonyms, Localities, Observations, and Descriptions.]. <em>Proft, Christian Gottlob (Kopenhagen) , Hafniae.</em> 2: i-viii + 1-519., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36532
page(s): 508 [details]
page(s): 508 [details]
Depth range intertidal - 20
Depth range intertidal - 20 [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Idotea emarginata (Fabricius, 1793). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119043 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cymothoa emarginata Fabricius, 1793) Fabricius, J.C. (1793). Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adjectis Synonimis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. [Improved and Enhanced Systematic Entomology. According to the Classes, Orders, Genera, Species Adjacent Synonyms, Localities, Observations, and Descriptions.]. <em>Proft, Christian Gottlob (Kopenhagen) , Hafniae.</em> 2: i-viii + 1-519., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36532
page(s): 508 [details]
original description (of Idotea emarginata var. massiliensis Gourret, 1891) Gourret, P. (1891). Les Lemodipodes et les Isopodes du golfe de Marseille. <em>Annales du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille, Zoologie.</em> 4: 1-44. [details]
original description (of Idotea excisa Bosc, 1801) Bosc, L.A.G. (1801). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Contenant leur Description et leurs Moeurs; avec Figures Dessinées d'Après Nature. Tome premier. <em>Suite à Boffon, Paris.</em> Deterville, Paris, 258 pp., pls. 1–8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6256135#page/15/mode/1up [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 508 [details]
original description (of Idotea emarginata var. massiliensis Gourret, 1891) Gourret, P. (1891). Les Lemodipodes et les Isopodes du golfe de Marseille. <em>Annales du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille, Zoologie.</em> 4: 1-44. [details]
original description (of Idotea excisa Bosc, 1801) Bosc, L.A.G. (1801). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Contenant leur Description et leurs Moeurs; avec Figures Dessinées d'Après Nature. Tome premier. <em>Suite à Boffon, Paris.</em> Deterville, Paris, 258 pp., pls. 1–8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6256135#page/15/mode/1up [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Rappé, G. (1989). Annoted checklist of the marine and brackish-water Isopoda (Crustacea, Malacostraca) of Belgium, <B><I>in</I></B>: Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.) (1989). <i>Proceedings of the Symposium "Invertebrates of Belgium".</i> pp. 165-168 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Rappé, G. (1989). Annoted checklist of the marine and brackish-water Isopoda (Crustacea, Malacostraca) of Belgium, <B><I>in</I></B>: Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.) (1989). <i>Proceedings of the Symposium "Invertebrates of Belgium".</i> pp. 165-168 (look up in IMIS) [details]





Syntype (of Idotea excisa Bosc, 1801) [details]
Unknown type (of Cymothoa emarginata Fabricius, 1793) [details]
Unknown type (of Idotea emarginata var. massiliensis Gourret, 1891) [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range intertidal - 20 [details]
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Idotea emarginata)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records)
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Idotea emarginata)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records)