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Isopoda name details
Porcellio limatus var. dorsalis
Fitch, 1855
AphiaID
1670092
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1670092)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Crustacea
Multicrustacea
Malacostraca
Eumalacostraca
Peracarida
Isopoda
Oniscidea
Orthogonopoda
Crinocheta
Porcellionidae
Porcellio
Porcellio limatus
Porcellio limatus var. dorsalis
Status
unaccepted >
junior subjective synonym
Accepted name
Oniscus asellus
Linnaeus, 1758
Rank
Variety
Parent
Porcellio limatus
Fitch, 1855
accepted as
Oniscus asellus
Linnaeus, 1758
Original name
Porcellio limatus var. dorsalis
Fitch, 1855
Environment
marine
,
brackish
,
fresh
, terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
Fitch, A. (1855). First Report on the Noxious, Beneficial and Other Insects, of the State of New York. Albany: C. Van Benthuysen. 180 pp.
[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.
Porcellio limatus var. dorsalis
Fitch, 1855. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1670092 on 2026-09-01
Taxonomic edit history
Date
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2023-07-18 15:12:59Z
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Boyko, Christopher B.
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Sources (1)
original description
Fitch, A. (1855). First Report on the Noxious, Beneficial and Other Insects, of the State of New York. Albany: C. Van Benthuysen. 180 pp.
[details]
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