Isopoda taxon details
Erichsonella filiformis (Say, 1818)
157888 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157888)
accepted
Species
Erichsonella filiformis tropicalis Menzies & Glynn, 1968 · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded original combination)
Erichsonia angulata Dana, 1849 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Stenosoma filiformis Say, 1818 · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Subspecies Erichsonella filiformis isabelensis Menzies, 1951 accepted as Erichsonella isabelensis Menzies, 1951 (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
- Subspecies Erichsonella filiformis tropicalis Menzies & Glynn, 1968 accepted as Erichsonella filiformis (Say, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination, superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Stenosoma filiformis Say, 1818) Say, T. (1818). An account of the Crustacea of the United States (concluded). <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 1(2): 423-441. [details] 
Depth range intertidal - 109
Depth range intertidal - 109 [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. Erichsonella filiformis (Say, 1818). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157888 on 2026-09-11
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(of Erichsonia angulata Dana, 1849) Dana, J.D. (1849). Conspectus Crustaceorum quæ in orbis Terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicæ Fœderatæ Duce, lexit et descripsit. [An observation of the Crustacea which in circumnavigation of the globe, Charles Wilkes of the Navy of the Federal Republic, read and described]. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts. Second Series.</em> 8(23): 276-285, 424-428., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27760802 [details]
original description (of Erichsonella filiformis tropicalis Menzies & Glynn, 1968) Menzies, R. J.; Glynn, P. W. (1968). The common marine isopod Crustacea of Puerto Rico: A handbook for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 27(104): 1-133. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Stenosoma filiformis Say, 1818) Say, T. (1818). An account of the Crustacea of the United States (concluded). <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 1(2): 423-441. [details]
basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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]
additional source Schotte, M., J. C. Markham, and G. D. F. Wilson. 2009. Isopoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 973–986 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
original description (of Erichsonella filiformis tropicalis Menzies & Glynn, 1968) Menzies, R. J.; Glynn, P. W. (1968). The common marine isopod Crustacea of Puerto Rico: A handbook for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 27(104): 1-133. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Stenosoma filiformis Say, 1818) Say, T. (1818). An account of the Crustacea of the United States (concluded). <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 1(2): 423-441. [details]
basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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]
additional source Schotte, M., J. C. Markham, and G. D. F. Wilson. 2009. Isopoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 973–986 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Stenosoma filiformis Say, 1818) ANSP [details]
Unknown type (of Erichsonia angulata Dana, 1849), verbatimGeounit Brazil Rio [de] Jane... [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range intertidal - 109 [details]
To Barcode of Life (34 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Erichsonella filiformis tropicalis Menzies & Glynn, 1968)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Erichsonella filiformis)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 12837 - cards)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ Erichsonella filiformis)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (76 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 119342) (from synonym Erichsonella filiformis tropicalis Menzies & Glynn, 1968)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 091172)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Erichsonella filiformis tropicalis Menzies & Glynn, 1968)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Erichsonella filiformis)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 12837 - cards)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ Erichsonella filiformis)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (76 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 119342) (from synonym Erichsonella filiformis tropicalis Menzies & Glynn, 1968)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 091172)
To ITIS
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