World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans

Isopoda taxon details

Scyphax Dana, 1853

AphiaID

249303 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:249303)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Scyphax ornatus Dana, 1853 (type by monotypy)

Type taxon of

Scyphacidae Dana, 1853
Scyphacinae Dana, 1853

Parent

Scyphacidae Dana, 1853

Original name

Scyphax Dana, 1853

Synonymised names

Scyphax Dana, 1852 · unaccepted > unavailable name (no included available species)

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Species Scyphax crescentia Lewis, 1998
Species Scyphax ornatus Dana, 1853
Species Scyphax setiger Budde-Lund, 1885
Species Scyphax intermedius Miers, 1876 accepted as Scyphax ornatus Dana, 1853 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Scyphax nipponensis Nunomura, 1986 accepted as Quelpartoniscus nipponensis (Nunomura, 1986) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Scyphax tsushimaensis Nunomura, 1990 accepted as Quelpartoniscus tsushimaensis (Nunomura, 1990) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Dana, J.D. (1853 - 1855). Crustacea. Part II. In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia. 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]. (look up in IMIS) [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. Scyphax Dana, 1853. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=249303 on 2026-09-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-11-28 15:20:16Z

created

Schotte, Marilyn

2016-09-27 19:42:24Z

changed

Taiti, Stefano

2023-04-30 00:47:06Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

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original description Dana, J.D. (1853 - 1855). Crustacea. Part II. In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia. 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]. (look up in IMIS) [details]

original description (of Scyphax Dana, 1852) Dana, J. D. (1852). On the classification of the Crustacea Choristopoda or Tetradecapoda. The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series. 14(41): 297-316., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28136775 [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

Definitions

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scyphax)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scyphax) (from synonym Scyphax Dana, 1852)
To ITIS