World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans

Isopoda taxon details

Leucocyphoniscus Verhoeff, 1900

AphiaID

248901 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:248901)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Leucocyphoniscus verruciger Verhoeff, 1900 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Haplophthalminae Verhoeff, 1908

Original name

Leucocyphoniscus Verhoeff, 1900

Synonymised names

Pleurocyphoniscus Verhoeff, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Direct children (8)

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Species Leucocyphoniscus bertkaui (Verhoeff, 1901)
Species Leucocyphoniscus pisanus Taiti & Montesanto, 2018
Species Leucocyphoniscus solarii Brian, 1914
Species Leucocyphoniscus torrii Arcangeli, 1948
Species Leucocyphoniscus verruciger Verhoeff, 1900
Species Leucocyphoniscus cristallinus Carl, 1906 accepted as Leucocyphoniscus verruciger Verhoeff, 1900 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Leucocyphoniscus dollfusi Carl, 1908 accepted as Carloniscus dollfusi (Carl, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Leucocyphoniscus gibbosus Carl, 1908 accepted as Calconiscellus gibbosus (Carl, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Verhoeff, K. W. (1900). Über paläarktische Isopoden (2. Aufsatz). (Zugleich über europäische Höhlenfauna, 4. Aufsatz). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 23(609): 117-130. [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. Leucocyphoniscus Verhoeff, 1900. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248901 on 2026-07-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2007-11-28 15:20:16Z

created

Schotte, Marilyn

2016-08-28 14:18:49Z

changed

Taiti, Stefano

2023-05-21 03:21:03Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2023-05-22 06:07:55Z

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Taiti, Stefano

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original description Verhoeff, K. W. (1900). Über paläarktische Isopoden (2. Aufsatz). (Zugleich über europäische Höhlenfauna, 4. Aufsatz). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 23(609): 117-130. [details]

original description (of Pleurocyphoniscus Verhoeff, 1901) Verhoeff, K. W. (1901). Über paläarktische Isopoden. (5. Aufsatz.). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 24(638): 135-149. [details]

basis of record 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 Schmalfuss, H. (2003). World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie). 654: 1-341., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60882444 [details] Available for editors

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