World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans

Isopoda name details

Microniscidae Giard & Bonnier, 1887

AphiaID

445798 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:445798)

Classification

Status

unaccepted ("Microniscus" is a larval stage of an epicaridean; at this point it is not possible to match the described species even to families, and they may not all even be Bopyroidea)

Accepted name

Bopyroidea incertae sedis

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Microniscus Müller, 1871 (type by original designation)

Parent

Bopyroidea Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Microniscidae Giard & Bonnier, 1887

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Genus Microniscus Müller, 1871 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, larval genus)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Giard, A.; Bonnier, J. (1887). Contributions a l'etude des bopyriens. Travaux de l'Institut Zoologique de Lille et du Laboratoire Marine de Wimereux. 5: 1-272. [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. Microniscidae Giard & Bonnier, 1887. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=445798 on 2026-08-08

Taxonomic edit history

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2009-12-23 11:19:49Z

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2010-10-08 14:48:11Z

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Sources (3)

original description Giard, A.; Bonnier, J. (1887). Contributions a l'etude des bopyriens. Travaux de l'Institut Zoologique de Lille et du Laboratoire Marine de Wimereux. 5: 1-272. [details]

context source (Deepsea) Vanhöffen, E. (1914). Die Isopoden der deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition, Zoologie. 15: 447-598., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10649 [details]

source of synonymy Sars, G. O. (1896-1899). An account of the Crustacea of Norway with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Volume II. Isopoda. Bergen Museum, Bergen. i-x + 1-270, pls. 1-104., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32173012 [details]