World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans

Isopoda name details

Oniscus oceanicus Linnaeus, 1767

AphiaID

294238 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:294238)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Ligia oceanica (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Ligia Fabricius, 1798
Ligyda Fabricius, 1798
Lygia Fabricius, 1798

Parent

Oniscus Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Oniscus oceanicus Linnaeus, 1767

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1061 (species number 12) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2026). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Oniscus oceanicus Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=294238 on 2026-09-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-02-19 16:12:07Z

created

Schotte, Marilyn

2016-09-10 07:55:11Z

changed

Taiti, Stefano

2026-09-30 01:25:44Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

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Sources (2)

original description Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1061 (species number 12) [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]