Isopoda taxon details
Ligia (Megaligia) exotica Roux, 1828
955994 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:955994)
accepted
Species
Ligia gaudichaudii H. Milne Edwards, 1840 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ligia grandis Perty, 1833 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ligia olfersii Brandt, 1833 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ligia shinjiensis Tsuge, 2008 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lygia exotica Roux, 1828 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (misspelling of genus name)
Megaligia exotica (Roux, 1828) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Lygia exotica Roux, 1828) Roux, P. (1828 - 1830). Crustacés de la Méditerranée et de son Littoral, Décrits et Lithographiés. [Crustaceans of the Mediterranean and its Coastline, Described and Lithographed]. <em>Chez Levrault, Paris.</em> i-iv + 1-176 pp., pls. 1-45., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9283448 [details] 
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. Ligia (Megaligia) exotica Roux, 1828. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=955994 on 2026-09-10
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(of Ligia olfersii Brandt, 1833) Brandt, J. F. (1833). Conspectus monographiae crustaceorum oniscodorum Latreillii. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 6: 171-193, pl. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45989307 [details]
original description (of Ligia gaudichaudii H. Milne Edwards, 1840) Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary [details]
original description (of Ligia grandis Perty, 1833) Perty, M. (1833). Delectus Animalium Articulatorum, quae in itinere per Brasiliam Annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis Augustissimi peracto collegerunt Dr. J. B. de Spix et Dr. C. F. Ph. de Martius. Fasc. 3. Monachii: Impensis Editoris. Pp. 125-244, pls. 25-40. [details]
original description (of Lygia exotica Roux, 1828) Roux, P. (1828 - 1830). Crustacés de la Méditerranée et de son Littoral, Décrits et Lithographiés. [Crustaceans of the Mediterranean and its Coastline, Described and Lithographed]. <em>Chez Levrault, Paris.</em> i-iv + 1-176 pp., pls. 1-45., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9283448 [details]
original description (of Ligia shinjiensis Tsuge, 2008) Tsuge, M. (2008). A new species of the genus Ligia (Crustacea: Isopoda: Ligiidae) from the Lake Shinji (Shimane Prefecture), western Japan. <em>Bulletin of the Toyama Science Museum.</em> 31: 51-57. [details]
original description (of Ligia gaudichaudii H. Milne Edwards, 1840) Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary [details]
original description (of Ligia grandis Perty, 1833) Perty, M. (1833). Delectus Animalium Articulatorum, quae in itinere per Brasiliam Annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis Augustissimi peracto collegerunt Dr. J. B. de Spix et Dr. C. F. Ph. de Martius. Fasc. 3. Monachii: Impensis Editoris. Pp. 125-244, pls. 25-40. [details]
original description (of Lygia exotica Roux, 1828) Roux, P. (1828 - 1830). Crustacés de la Méditerranée et de son Littoral, Décrits et Lithographiés. [Crustaceans of the Mediterranean and its Coastline, Described and Lithographed]. <em>Chez Levrault, Paris.</em> i-iv + 1-176 pp., pls. 1-45., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9283448 [details]
original description (of Ligia shinjiensis Tsuge, 2008) Tsuge, M. (2008). A new species of the genus Ligia (Crustacea: Isopoda: Ligiidae) from the Lake Shinji (Shimane Prefecture), western Japan. <em>Bulletin of the Toyama Science Museum.</em> 31: 51-57. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | wharf roach [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (125 barcodes) (from synonym Lygia exotica Roux, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications) (from synonym Lygia exotica Roux, 1828)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Lygia exotica Roux, 1828)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ligia shinjiensis) (from synonym Ligia shinjiensis Tsuge, 2008)
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 49 proteins) (from synonym Ligia shinjiensis Tsuge, 2008)
To PESI (from synonym Lygia exotica Roux, 1828)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (13 records) (from synonym Ligia olfersii Brandt, 1833)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (87 records) (from synonym Lygia exotica Roux, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications) (from synonym Lygia exotica Roux, 1828)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Lygia exotica Roux, 1828)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ligia shinjiensis) (from synonym Ligia shinjiensis Tsuge, 2008)
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 49 proteins) (from synonym Ligia shinjiensis Tsuge, 2008)
To PESI (from synonym Lygia exotica Roux, 1828)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (13 records) (from synonym Ligia olfersii Brandt, 1833)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (87 records) (from synonym Lygia exotica Roux, 1828)
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