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Isopoda name details
Ligidae Leach, 1814
AphiaID
1740626
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1740626)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Crustacea
Multicrustacea
Malacostraca
Eumalacostraca
Peracarida
Isopoda
Oniscidea
Ligidae
Status
unaccepted >
misspelling - incorrect original spelling
Accepted name
Ligiidae Leach, 1814
Rank
Family
Type taxon
Ligia
Fabricius, 1798
(type by original designation)
Parent
Oniscidea
Original name
Ligidae Leach, 1814
Environment
marine
,
brackish
,
fresh
, terrestrial
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. Ligidae Leach, 1814. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1740626 on 2026-08-25
Taxonomic edit history
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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]
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