Isopoda taxon details
Lekanesphaera ephippium (Costa, 1882)
118950 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118950)
accepted
Species
Sphaeroma ephippium Costa, 1882 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Sphaeroma ephippium Costa, 1882) Costa, A. (1882). Notize ed osservaziona sulla Geo-fauna sarda. Memorie prima. Resultamento di ricerche fatte in Sardegna nel settembre 1881. [News and observations on the Sardinian Geo-fauna. Memoirs first. Results of research done in Sardinia in September 1881]. <em>Atti della R. Accademia delle Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche.</em> 9(11): 1-42. [details] 
Note Mediterranean
From editor or global species database
type locality Mediterranean [details]
Depth range intertidal
Depth range intertidal [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. Lekanesphaera ephippium (Costa, 1882). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118950 on 2026-08-27
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(of Sphaeroma ephippium Costa, 1882) Costa, A. (1882). Notize ed osservaziona sulla Geo-fauna sarda. Memorie prima. Resultamento di ricerche fatte in Sardegna nel settembre 1881. [News and observations on the Sardinian Geo-fauna. Memoirs first. Results of research done in Sardinia in September 1881]. <em>Atti della R. Accademia delle Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche.</em> 9(11): 1-42. [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 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]
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 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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