original description
(of Philoscia richmondi Richardson, 1901) Richardson, H. (1901). Key to the isopods of the Atlantic coast of North America with descriptions of new and little known species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 23: 493-579., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7511597 [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 Puerto Rico [details]