Isopoda taxon details
Cirolana cranchii Leach, 1818
118839 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118839)
accepted
Species
Conilera grampoides Gourret, 1891 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cymothoa swainsoni (Leach, 1818) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nelocira swainsoni Leach, 1818 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nerocila swainsoni (Leach, 1818) · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
- Variety Cirolana cranchii var. australiense Hale, 1925 accepted as Cirolana australiense Hale, 1925 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Leach, W. E. (1818). Cymothoadées, Cymothoadae. <em>In: F. Cuvier (Ed.), Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, dans Lequel on Traite Methodiquement des Differens Etres de la Nature, Consideres Soit en Eux-memes, d'apres l'Etat Actuel de nos Connoissances, Soit Relativement a l'Utilite qu'en Peuvent Retirer la Medecine, l'Agriculture, le Commerce et les Artes.</em> 12: 338-354., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23002019 [details] 
Note Great Britain
From editor or global species database
type locality Great Britain [details]
Depth range intertidal to 46
distribution North Atlantic amd Mediterranean
Depth range intertidal to 46 [details]
distribution North Atlantic amd Mediterranean
distribution North Atlantic amd Mediterranean [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Cirolana cranchii Leach, 1818. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118839 on 2025-07-09
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Leach, W. E. (1818). Cymothoadées, Cymothoadae. <em>In: F. Cuvier (Ed.), Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, dans Lequel on Traite Methodiquement des Differens Etres de la Nature, Consideres Soit en Eux-memes, d'apres l'Etat Actuel de nos Connoissances, Soit Relativement a l'Utilite qu'en Peuvent Retirer la Medecine, l'Agriculture, le Commerce et les Artes.</em> 12: 338-354., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23002019 [details]
original description (of Conilera grampoides Gourret, 1891) Gourret, P. (1891). Les Lemodipodes et les Isopodes du golfe de Marseille. <em>Annales du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille, Zoologie.</em> 4: 1-44. [details]
original description (of Nelocira swainsoni Leach, 1818) Leach, W. E. (1818). Cymothoadées, Cymothoadae. <em>In: F. Cuvier (Ed.), Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, dans Lequel on Traite Methodiquement des Differens Etres de la Nature, Consideres Soit en Eux-memes, d'apres l'Etat Actuel de nos Connoissances, Soit Relativement a l'Utilite qu'en Peuvent Retirer la Medecine, l'Agriculture, le Commerce et les Artes.</em> 12: 338-354., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23002019 [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]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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]
status source Bruce, N.L. & Ellis, J. (1983) <i>Cirolana cranchi</i> Leach, 1818 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) redescribed, with notes on its distribution. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology), 44, 75–84. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2292240 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Conilera grampoides Gourret, 1891) Gourret, P. (1891). Les Lemodipodes et les Isopodes du golfe de Marseille. <em>Annales du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille, Zoologie.</em> 4: 1-44. [details]
original description (of Nelocira swainsoni Leach, 1818) Leach, W. E. (1818). Cymothoadées, Cymothoadae. <em>In: F. Cuvier (Ed.), Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, dans Lequel on Traite Methodiquement des Differens Etres de la Nature, Consideres Soit en Eux-memes, d'apres l'Etat Actuel de nos Connoissances, Soit Relativement a l'Utilite qu'en Peuvent Retirer la Medecine, l'Agriculture, le Commerce et les Artes.</em> 12: 338-354., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23002019 [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]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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]
status source Bruce, N.L. & Ellis, J. (1983) <i>Cirolana cranchi</i> Leach, 1818 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) redescribed, with notes on its distribution. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology), 44, 75–84. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2292240 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Depth range intertidal to 46 [details]Spelling The original spelling used by Leach (1818, p. 347) was "Cirolana Cranchii." Under ICZN (4th edition, 1999) Article 33 and Article 33.4, the original name cranchii is correct. [details]
distribution North Atlantic amd Mediterranean [details]
type locality Great Britain [details]
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