Nomenclature
original description
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 Argeia pauperata Stimpson, 1857) Stimpson, W. (1857). On the Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 444-532, pls. 18-23 [preprint issued April 1857, journal edition 1858]., available online at https://archive.org/stream/crustaceaechinod00stim#page/n3/mode/2up [details] 
original description
(of Argeia calmani Bonnier, 1900) Bonnier, J. (1900). Contribution a l'étude des épicarides. Les Bopyridae. <em>Travaux de la Station Zoologique de Wimereux.</em> 8: 1-475, pls. 1-41. [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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Markham, J. C. (1977). Description of a new western Atlantic species of <i>Argeia</i> Dana with a proposed new subfamily for this and related genera
(Crustacea Isopoda, Bopyridae). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 52: 107-123. [details] Available for editors
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Other
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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From editor or global species database
type locality Puget Sound [details]