Marine Species Traits - Pyrgoniscus Kinahan, 1859

Isopoda taxon details

Pyrgoniscus Kinahan, 1859

AphiaID

249258 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:249258)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Pyrgoniscus cinctutus Kinahan, 1859 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Armadillidae Brandt in Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1831

Original name

Pyrgoniscus Kinahan, 1859

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Species Pyrgoniscus cinctutus Kinahan, 1859
Species Pyrgoniscus emarginatus (Budde-Lund, 1910)
Species Pyrgoniscus intermedius Lewis, 1998
Species Pyrgoniscus lanceolatus Ferrara, 1977
Species Pyrgoniscus luteus (Budde-Lund, 1908)
Species Pyrgoniscus petiti Monod, 1935
Species Pyrgoniscus scopelicus Lillemets & Wilson, 2002
Species Pyrgoniscus bifrons (Budde-Lund, 1885) accepted as Australiodillo bifrons (Budde-Lund, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Pyrgoniscus carinatus (Verhoeff, 1926) accepted as Merulanella carinata Verhoeff, 1926 (mistake by Lillemet & Wilson)
Species Pyrgoniscus chathamensis (Budde-Lund, 1904) accepted as Merulana chathamensis (Budde-Lund, 1904) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Pyrgoniscus hispida (Vandel, 1973) accepted as Merulana hispida Vandel, 1973 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Pyrgoniscus noduligerus (Verhoeff, 1926) accepted as Merulana noduligera Verhoeff, 1926 (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Kinahan, J. R. (1859). On the genus Platyarthrus (Brandt); with notices of allied undescribed genera. Proceedings of the Dublin University Zoological & Botanical Association. 1(2): 188-201, pl. 19. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Boyko, C.B.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Pyrgoniscus Kinahan, 1859. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=249258 on 2025-05-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-11-28 15:20:16Z

created

Schotte, Marilyn

2016-09-25 13:02:20Z

changed

Taiti, Stefano

2023-08-03 01:31:30Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

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original description Kinahan, J. R. (1859). On the genus Platyarthrus (Brandt); with notices of allied undescribed genera. Proceedings of the Dublin University Zoological & Botanical Association. 1(2): 188-201, pl. 19. [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

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