MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Nerocila Leach, 1818

ERMS taxon details

Nerocila Leach, 1818

AphiaID

118417 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118417)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Nerocila blainvillei Leach, 1818 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Cymothoidae Leach, 1814

Original name

Nerocila Leach, 1818

Direct children (10)

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Species Nerocila acuminata Schiödte & Meinert, 1881
Species Nerocila bivittata (Risso, 1816)
Species Nerocila blainvillei Leach, 1818
Species Nerocila depressa H. Milne Edwards, 1840
Species Nerocila orbignyi (Guérin, 1832)
Species Nerocila aculeata H. Milne Edwards, 1840 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Nerocila cuspidata A. Costa in Hope, 1851 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Nerocila maculata H. Milne Edwards, 1840 accepted as Nerocila orbignyi (Guérin, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Nerocila neapolitana Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 accepted as Nerocila orbignyi (Guérin, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Nerocila swainsoni (Leach, 1818) accepted as Cirolana cranchii Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Leach, W. E. (1818). Cymothoadées, Cymothoadae. In: F. Cuvier (Ed.), Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, dans Lequel on Traite Methodiquement des Differens Etres de la Nature, Consideres Soit en Eux-memes, d'apres l'Etat Actuel de nos Connoissances, Soit Relativement a l'Utilite qu'en Peuvent Retirer la Medecine, l'Agriculture, le Commerce et les Artes. 12: 338-354., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23002019 [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. Nerocila Leach, 1818. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118417 on 2026-10-08

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Nerocila Leach, 1818. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org//data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118417 on 2026-10-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2007-11-28 15:20:16Z

checked

Schotte, Marilyn

2008-02-14 05:55:02Z

changed

Bruce, Niel L.

2019-05-21 22:10:28Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2023-03-28 02:19:15Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2023-06-30 15:53:17Z

changed

Hadfield, Kerry A.

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original description Leach, W. E. (1818). Cymothoadées, Cymothoadae. In: F. Cuvier (Ed.), Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, dans Lequel on Traite Methodiquement des Differens Etres de la Nature, Consideres Soit en Eux-memes, d'apres l'Etat Actuel de nos Connoissances, Soit Relativement a l'Utilite qu'en Peuvent Retirer la Medecine, l'Agriculture, le Commerce et les Artes. 12: 338-354., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23002019 [details]

taxonomy source Bruce, N. L. (1987). Australian species of Nerocila Leach, 1818, and Creniola n. gen. (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), crustacean parasites of marine fishes. Records of the Australian Museum. 39: 355-412., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.39.1987.174 [details] Available for editors

context source (PeRMS) Delgado, J. G. Z.; Conde, E. G. T.; Miranda, J. D. H. (2021). Lista sistemática de isópodos marinos del Perú, primer registro de" Isocladus bahamondei" Carvacho, 1997 (Crustacea, Peracarida) y aportes de su ecología para la costa peruana. Revista de Investigaciones Marinas. 41(2), 22-35. [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

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