Nomenclature
original description
Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae: Proft et Storck: 1-572., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25565932
page(s): 302 [details]
original description
(of Idothea Fabricius, 1796) Fabricius, J. C. (1796). Index alphabeticus in J. C. Fabricii Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta, ordines, genera et species contimens. 175 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25556073
page(s): 86 [details]
original description
(of Gonotus Rafinesque, 1814) Rafinesque, C.S. (1814). Précis des découvertes et travaux somiologiques de Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz entre 1800 et 1814; ou choix raisonné de ses principales découvertes en zoologie et en botanique, pour servir d'introduction à ses ouvrages futurs. [Summary of the discoveries and somiological works of Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz between 1800 and 1814; or reasoned selection of his principal discoveries in zoology and botany, to serve as an introduction to his future works.]. <em>Palerme.</em> :1-55., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/27701 [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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Heegaard P.E. & L.B. Holthuis (1960). Proposed use of the plenary powers to validate the generic name Idotea J.C. Fabricius, 1798 (class Crustacea, order Isopoda) and matters connected therewith. Z.N. (S.) 412. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 17: 178-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12220147
note: suppression of misspellings, Idothea, Idotaea [details]
Other
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]
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed