Nomenclature
original description
Miers, E. J. (1880). On a collection of Crustacea from the Malaysian region.—Part IV. Penaeidea, Stomatopoda, Isopoda, Suctoria, and Xiphosura. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5.</em> 5(30): 457-472, pl. XV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16336612 [details] 
original description
(of Nerocila philippensis Bovallius, 1887) Bovallius, C. (1887). New or imperfectly known Isopoda. Part III. <em>Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskap-Akademiens Handlingar.</em> 12(4): 1–23, pls. 1–4. [details] 
original description
(of Nerocila cebuana Schioedte & Meinert, 1881) Schioedte, J. C.; Meinert, F. W. (1881). Symbolae ad monographiam cymothoarum crustaceorum isopodum familiae. I. Anilocridae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 13: 1-166, pls. 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10886629 [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]
From editor or global species database
type locality Philippines [details]