original description
(of Idotea peronii Milne Edwards, 1840) Milne Edwards, H. (1834-1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris; vol I (1834): i-xxxv + 1-468, vol. II (1837): 2: 1-532, vol. III (1840): 1-638, pls. 1–42. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary [details]
original description
(of Idotea caudacuta Haswell, 1881) Haswell, W. A. (1881). On some new Australian marine Isopoda—Part II. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 6(2): 181-197, pls. 3, 4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3343922 [details]
original description
(of Idotea distincta Guérin-Méneville, 1843) Guérin-Méneville F.E. 1843. Crustaces. In: Iconographie du Regne animal de G. Cuvier, ou representation d'apres nature de l'une des especes les plus remarquable et souvent non encore figurees de chaque genre d'animaux. (Ed. G. Cuvier).Volume 3. Paris: Bailliere. [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]
Holotype (of Idotea peronii Milne Edwards, 1840) MNHN Is.2879, verbatimGeounit Australia. King Is.,... [details]
Lectotype (of Idotea caudacuta Haswell, 1881) AM G5320, verbatimGeounit Australia. Griffiths... [details]
Paralectotype (of Idotea caudacuta Haswell, 1881) AM (possible) G5321, G5323, G5324 [details]
Paralectotype (of Idotea caudacuta Haswell, 1881) AM G5320 [details]
Syntype (of Idotea caudacuta Haswell, 1881) AM G5320, verbatimGeounit Australia. Griffiths... [details]
Unknown type (of Idotea distincta Guérin-Méneville, 1843), verbatimGeounit South Africa. Cape o... [details]
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Depth range intertidal-20 [details]
distribution Cape, South Africa (Nierstrasz, 1941) [details]