World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans

Isopoda name details

Limnoria terebrans Leach, 1814

AphiaID

1650171 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1650171)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Limnoria lignorum (Rathke, 1799)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Limnoria Leach, 1814

Parent

Limnoria Leach, 1814

Original name

Limnoria terebrans Leach, 1814

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Leach, W.E. (1813 - 1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> :383-437., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640 [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Limnoria terebrans Leach, 1814. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1650171 on 2026-10-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2023-03-26 23:10:08Z

created

Boyko, Christopher B.

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Sources (1)

original description Leach, W.E. (1813 - 1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> :383-437., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640 [details]