Isopoda

Isopoda taxon details

Ligia Fabricius, 1798

146998 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146998)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Arthropoda
  4. Crustacea
  5. Multicrustacea
  6. Malacostraca
  7. Eumalacostraca
  8. Peracarida
  9. Isopoda
  10. Oniscidea
  11. Diplocheta
  12. Ligiidae
  13. Ligia
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Genus
Oniscus oceanicus Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Ligia oceanica (Linnaeus, 1767) (type by subsequent designation)
Ligidae Leach, 1814
 Ligiidae Leach, 1814
Ligiidae Leach, 1814
Aspidoligia Verhoeff, 1926 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Geoligia Dollfus, 1893 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ligia (Pogonoligia) Jackson, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ligyda Fabricius, 1798 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation
Lygia Fabricius, 1798 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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  1. Subgenus Ligia (Euryligia) Verhoeff, 1926
    1. Species Ligia (Euryligia) latissima (Verhoeff, 1926)
  2. Subgenus Ligia (Megaligia) Verhoeff, 1926
    1. Species Ligia (Megaligia) exotica Roux, 1828
  3. Subgenus Ligia (Nesoligia) Verhoeff, 1926
    1. Species Ligia (Nesoligia) novizealandiae (Dana, 1853)
  4. Species Ligia australiensis Dana, 1853
  5. Species Ligia baudiniana H. Milne Edwards, 1840
  6. Species Ligia boninensis Nunomura, 1979
  7. Species Ligia cinerascens Budde-Lund, 1885
  8. Species Ligia curvata Vandel, 1948
  9. Species Ligia daitoensis Nunomura, 2009
  10. Species Ligia dante Santamaria, 2019
  11. Species Ligia dentipes Budde-Lund, 1885
  12. Species Ligia dilatata Brandt, 1833
  13. Species Ligia dioscorides Taiti & Ferrara, 2004
  14. Species Ligia eleluensis Santamaria, 2019
  15. Species Ligia ferrarai Kersmaekers & Verstraeten, 1990
  16. Species Ligia filicornis Budde-Lund, 1893
  17. Species Ligia furcata Ariyama & Hiki, 2024
  18. Species Ligia glabrata Brandt, 1833
  19. Species Ligia gracilipes Budde-Lund, 1885
  20. Species Ligia hachijoensis Nunomura, 1999
  21. Species Ligia hawaiensis Dana, 1853
  22. Species Ligia honu Santamaria, 2019
  23. Species Ligia italica Fabricius, 1798
  24. Species Ligia kamehameha Santamaria, 2019
  25. Species Ligia laticarpa Ariyama & Hiki, 2024
  26. Species Ligia litigiosa Wahrberg, 1922
  27. Species Ligia malleata Pfeffer, 1889
  28. Species Ligia mauinuiensis Santamaria, 2019
  29. Species Ligia miyakensis Nunomura, 1999
  30. Species Ligia natalensis Collinge, 1920
  31. Species Ligia occidentalis Dana, 1853
  32. Species Ligia oceanica (Linnaeus, 1767)
  33. Species Ligia pallasii Brandt, 1833
  34. Species Ligia pallida Jackson, 1938
  35. Species Ligia pele Santamaria, 2019
  36. Species Ligia perkinsi (Dollfus, 1900)
  37. Species Ligia persica Khalaji-Pirbalouty & Wägele, 2010
  38. Species Ligia philoscoides Jackson, 1938
  39. Species Ligia pigmentata Jackson, 1922
  40. Species Ligia platycephala (Van Name, 1925)
  41. Species Ligia rolliensis Santamaria, 2019
  42. Species Ligia rugosa Jackson, 1938
  43. Species Ligia ryukyuensis Nunomura, 1983
  44. Species Ligia saipanensis Nunomura, 2001
  45. Species Ligia samoensis Khalaji-Pirbalouty, Santamaria, Puniamoorthy & Mendoza, 2025
  46. Species Ligia simoni (Dollfus, 1893)
  47. Species Ligia taiwanensis Lee, 1994
  48. Species Ligia torrenticola Nunomura, 2011
  49. Species Ligia vitiensis Dana, 1853
  50. Species Ligia yamanishii Nunomura, 1990
  51. Species Ligia yemenica Khalaji-Pirbalouty & Wägele, 2010
  52. Species Ligia cajennensis C. Koch, 1847 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  53. Species Ligia coriacea C. Koch, 1847 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  54. Species Ligia cursor Dana, 1853 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  55. Subgenus Ligia (Pogonoligia) Jackson, 1927 accepted as Ligia Fabricius, 1798 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    1. Species Ligia (Pogonoligia) muscorum Jackson, 1927 accepted as Ligia platycephala (Van Name, 1925) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  56. Species Ligia belgica Ritzema Bos, 1874 accepted as Ligia oceanica (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  57. Species Ligia brandtii Rathke, 1836 accepted as Ligia italica Fabricius, 1798 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  58. Species Ligia callani Collinge, 1946 accepted as Ligia platycephala (Van Name, 1925) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  59. Species Ligia dentipes Budde-Lund, 1879 accepted as Ligia dentipes Budde-Lund, 1885 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  60. Species Ligia dilatata Perty, 1833 accepted as Stymphalus dilatatus (Perty, 1833) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  61. Species Ligia ehrenbergii Brandt, 1833 accepted as Ligia italica Fabricius, 1798 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  62. Species Ligia gaudichaudii H. Milne Edwards, 1840 accepted as Lygia exotica Roux, 1828 accepted as Ligia (Megaligia) exotica Roux, 1828 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  63. Species Ligia gracilis Moore, 1901 accepted as Ligia baudiniana H. Milne Edwards, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  64. Species Ligia grandis Perty, 1833 accepted as Lygia exotica Roux, 1828 accepted as Ligia (Megaligia) exotica Roux, 1828 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  65. Species Ligia granulata Frey & Leuckart, 1847 accepted as Ligia oceanica (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  66. Species Ligia kauaiensis Edmondson, 1931 accepted as Ligia hawaiensis Dana, 1853 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  67. Species Ligia latissima (Verhoeff, 1926) accepted as Ligia (Euryligia) latissima (Verhoeff, 1926) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  68. Species Ligia melanocephala C. Koch, 1838 accepted as Ligidium hypnorum (Cuvier, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  69. Species Ligia muscorum Jackson, 1927 accepted as Ligia platycephala (Van Name, 1925) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  70. Species Ligia novizealandiae Dana, 1853 accepted as Ligia (Nesoligia) novizealandiae (Dana, 1853) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  71. Species Ligia olfersii Brandt, 1833 accepted as Lygia exotica Roux, 1828 accepted as Ligia (Megaligia) exotica Roux, 1828 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  72. Species Ligia oniscides (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Ligia oceanica (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  73. Species Ligia porteri Maccagno, 1931 accepted as Ligia novizealandiae Dana, 1853 accepted as Ligia (Nesoligia) novizealandiae (Dana, 1853) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  74. Species Ligia quadrata Thomson, 1879 accepted as Ligia novizealandiae Dana, 1853 accepted as Ligia (Nesoligia) novizealandiae (Dana, 1853) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  75. Species Ligia scopulorum Leach, 1814 accepted as Ligia oceanica (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  76. Species Ligia septentrionalis Lockington, 1877 accepted as Ligia pallasii Brandt, 1833 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  77. Species Ligia shinjiensis Tsuge, 2008 accepted as Ligia (Megaligia) exotica Roux, 1828 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  78. Species Ligia stimpsoni Miers, 1878 accepted as Ligia pallasii Brandt, 1833 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae: Proft et Storck: 1-572., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25565932
page(s): 301 [details] 
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2026). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Ligia Fabricius, 1798. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146998 on 2026-07-02
Date
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2005-03-01 09:59:49Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2007-11-28 15:20:16Z
checked
Schotte, Marilyn
2011-09-12 07:57:36Z
changed
Taiti, Stefano
2017-02-21 21:25:00Z
changed
Taiti, Stefano
2024-04-24 15:11:18Z
changed
Boyko, Christopher B.
2024-04-24 15:24:39Z
changed
Boyko, Christopher B.

original description Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae: Proft et Storck: 1-572., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25565932
page(s): 301 [details] 

original description (of Geoligia Dollfus, 1893) Dollfus, A. (1893). Voyage de M.E. Simon au Venezuela (Décembre 1887-Avril 1888) 25 Mémoire (1). Isopodes terrestres. <em>Annales de la Société Entomologique de France.</em> 62(3): 339-346, pls. 9-10. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Aspidoligia Verhoeff, 1926) Verhoeff, K. W. (1926). Isopoda terrestria von Neu-Caledonien und den Loyalty-Inseln. <em>Nova Caledonia. A. Zoologie.</em> 4(2): 241-366. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Ligia (Pogonoligia) Jackson, 1927) Jackson, H. G. (1927). A new subgenus of <i>Ligia</i>, with further observations on the genus. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 9.</em> 19: 129-136, pl. 2., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932708633578 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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] 

additional source NODC. (1997). NODC Taxonomic codes. [details] 

subsequent type designation Jackson, H. G. (1922). A revision of the isopod genus <i>Ligia</i> (Fabricius). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1922: 683-703, pls. 1, 2., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1922.tb02164.x [details] OpenAccess publication
 
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