WoRMS taxon details
Ligia hawaiensis Dana, 1853
257550 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:257550)
accepted
Species
Ligia kauaiensis Edmondson, 1931 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ligyda kauaiensis Edmondson, 1931 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (misspelling of genus name)
Lygia hawaiensis Dana, 1853 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (misspelling of genus name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Lygia hawaiensis Dana, 1853) Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. <em>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.</em> 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910 [details] 
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Ligia hawaiensis Dana, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=257550 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lygia hawaiensis Dana, 1853) Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. <em>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.</em> 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910 [details]
original description (of Ligyda kauaiensis Edmondson, 1931) Edmondson, C. H. (1931). New crustaceans from Kauai, Oahu and Maui. <em>Occasional papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum.</em> 9(17): 1-18. [details] Available for editors
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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]
original description (of Ligyda kauaiensis Edmondson, 1931) Edmondson, C. H. (1931). New crustaceans from Kauai, Oahu and Maui. <em>Occasional papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum.</em> 9(17): 1-18. [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
Other
additional source
Schmalfuss, H. (2003). World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). <em>Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie).</em> 654: 1-341., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60882444 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Santamaria, C. A. (2019). Molecular taxonomy of endemic coastal Ligia isopods from the Hawaiian Islands: re-description of L. hawaiensis and description of seven novel cryptic species. <em>PeerJ.</em> 7: e7531., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7531 [details]
[request]additional source Santamaria, C. A. (2019). Molecular taxonomy of endemic coastal Ligia isopods from the Hawaiian Islands: re-description of L. hawaiensis and description of seven novel cryptic species. <em>PeerJ.</em> 7: e7531., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7531 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Neotype Santamaria (2019) wrongly designated a neotype for this species on new material. The designation is invalid since type material exists and the Commission was not requested to set aside the existing name-bearing type according to Art. 75 of the ICZN. [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Ligia kauaiensis Edmondson, 1931)
To Barcode of Life (90 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ligia hawaiensis)
To GenBank (254 nucleotides; 122 proteins) (from synonym Ligia kauaiensis Edmondson, 1931)
To GenBank (254 nucleotides; 122 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (90 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ligia hawaiensis)
To GenBank (254 nucleotides; 122 proteins) (from synonym Ligia kauaiensis Edmondson, 1931)
To GenBank (254 nucleotides; 122 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records)
To ITIS
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