World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans

Isopoda name details

Megaligia exotica (Roux, 1828)

AphiaID

1666538 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1666538)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Ligia (Megaligia) exotica Roux, 1828

Rank

Species

Parent

Megaligia Verhoeff, 1926 accepted as Ligia (Megaligia) Verhoeff, 1926

Original name

Lygia exotica Roux, 1828

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Lygia exotica Roux, 1828) Roux, P. (1828 - 1830). Crustacés de la Méditerranée et de son Littoral, Décrits et Lithographiés. [Crustaceans of the Mediterranean and its Coastline, Described and Lithographed]. <em>Chez Levrault, Paris.</em> i-iv + 1-176 pp., pls. 1-45., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9283448 [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. Megaligia exotica (Roux, 1828). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1666538 on 2026-10-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2023-06-15 15:36:28Z

created

Boyko, Christopher B.

2024-01-07 15:10:41Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

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Sources (1)

original description (of Lygia exotica Roux, 1828) Roux, P. (1828 - 1830). Crustacés de la Méditerranée et de son Littoral, Décrits et Lithographiés. [Crustaceans of the Mediterranean and its Coastline, Described and Lithographed]. <em>Chez Levrault, Paris.</em> i-iv + 1-176 pp., pls. 1-45., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9283448 [details]