MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Ligia (Megaligia) exotica Roux, 1828

WoRMS taxon details

Ligia (Megaligia) exotica Roux, 1828

AphiaID

955994 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:955994)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Ligia (Megaligia) Verhoeff, 1926

Orig. name

Lygia exotica Roux, 1828

Synonymised names

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

Lygia exotica Roux, 1828 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (misspelling of genus name)

Megaligia exotica (Roux, 1828) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Lygia exotica Roux, 1828) Roux, P. (1828-1830). Crustacés de la Méditerranée et de son Littoral, Décrits et Lithographiés. i-iv + 1-176 pp., pls. 1-45. Paris & Marseille: Chez Levrault., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9283448 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. (Eds) (2024). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Ligia (Megaligia) exotica Roux, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=955994 on 2024-05-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-02-22 14:47:42Z

created

Taiti, Stefano

2024-01-07 15:10:41Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Lygia exotica Roux, 1828) Roux, P. (1828-1830). Crustacés de la Méditerranée et de son Littoral, Décrits et Lithographiés. i-iv + 1-176 pp., pls. 1-45. Paris & Marseille: Chez Levrault., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9283448 [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. 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 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 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]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
English	wharf roach [from synonym]	[details]
Japanese	フナムシ [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) (from synonym Lygia exotica Roux, 1828)
To GenBank (111404 nucleotides; 145 proteins) (from synonym Lygia exotica Roux, 1828)
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)