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Idotea metallica Bosc, 1801

119047  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:119047)

accepted
Species
Idotea algirica Lucas, 1846 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Idotea annulata Dana, 1849 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Idotea argentea Dana, 1849 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Idotea atrata A. Costa, 1840 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Idotea brevicornis Rathke, 1843 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Idotea margaritacea Dana, 1853 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Idotea peloponesiaca Roux, 1830 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Idotea robusta Krøyer, 1846 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Idotea rugosa Milne Edwards, 1840 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

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  1. Subspecies Idotea metallica elongata Cáråusu, 1955 accepted as Idotea ostroumovi Sowinsky, 1895 (junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bosc, L.A.G. (1801). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés Contenant leur Description et leurs Moeurs; avec Figures Dessinées, d'Après Nature. <em>Paris: Chez Deterville.</em> 2: 1-296, pls. 6-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27817320
page(s): 179 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Depth range intertidal - 1600  
Depth range intertidal - 1600 [details]

Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Cod   
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Cod  [details]

Distribution Species, originally from North America, occurs occasionally on the British coasts and most probably is brought here by...  
Distribution Species, originally from North America, occurs occasionally on the British coasts and most probably is brought here by drifting algae or wood, or through the Gulf stream and North Atlantic current. [details]
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. Idotea metallica Bosc, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119047 on 2024-03-28
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2008-01-03 13:02:48Z
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2009-02-20 10:38:06Z
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2023-03-02 16:02:49Z
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original description Bosc, L.A.G. (1801). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés Contenant leur Description et leurs Moeurs; avec Figures Dessinées, d'Après Nature. <em>Paris: Chez Deterville.</em> 2: 1-296, pls. 6-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27817320
page(s): 179 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Idotea algirica Lucas, 1846) Lucas, H. (1846). Crustacés, arachnides, myriapodes, et hexapodes. <em>Exploration Scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842. Sciences physiques. Zoologie I. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Articulés. (Paris).</em> 1:1-403, pls. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46116712 [details]   

original description  (of Idotea annulata Dana, 1849) Dana, J. D. (1849). Conspectus Crustaceorum quæ in orbis Terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicæ Fœderatæ Duce, lexit et descripsit. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts. Second Series.</em> 8(23): 276-285, 424-428., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27760802 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Idotea argentea Dana, 1849) Dana, J. D. (1849). Conspectus Crustaceorum quæ in orbis Terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicæ Fœderatæ Duce, lexit et descripsit. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts. Second Series.</em> 8(23): 276-285, 424-428., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27760802 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Idotea brevicornis Rathke, 1843) Rathke, H. (1843). Beiträge zur Fauna Norwegens. <em>Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, Breslau & Bonn.</em> 20: 1-264c., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11613 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Idotea atrata A. Costa, 1840) Costa, A. (1840). Statistica fisica ed economica dell'Isola di Capri. 7. Crostacei. <em>Esercitazioni accademiche degli Aspiranti Naturalisti, Napoli.</em> 2(1): 73-77, pl. IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9238427 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Idotea margaritacea Dana, 1853) Dana, J. D. (1852-1853). Crustacea. Part II. <em>United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N.</em> 14:691-1618., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Idotea peloponesiaca Roux, 1830) 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]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Idotea robusta Krøyer, 1846) Krøyer, H. (1846). Karcinologiske Bidrag (Fortsaettelse). <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. II.</em> 2: 1-211, pls. 1-2. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Idotea rugosa 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]   

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

context source (Bermuda) Morris, B. F.; Mogelberg, D. D. (1973). Identification manual to the pelagic Sargassum fauna. BBSR Special Publication # 11 , 1-63 [details]   

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C  [details]   

additional source Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]   

additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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

additional source 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 Davoult, D.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Luczak, C.; Migné, A. (1999). Nouvelles signalisations d'espèces benthiques sur les côtes françaises de la Manche orientale et de la Mer du Nord [New reports of benthic species from the french coasts of the eastern English Channel and the North Sea]. <i>Cah. Biol. Mar. 40(2)</i>: 121-127 (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Syntype (of Idotea brevicornis Rathke, 1843), verbatimGeounit Norway. Christiansun... [details]
Syntype (of Idotea argentea Dana, 1849), verbatimGeounit in mare Pacifico (77... [details]
Syntype (of Idotea margaritacea Dana, 1853), verbatimGeounit ?Eastern Tasman Sea ... [details]
Syntype, verbatimGeounit ?Atlantic Ocean "dan... [details]
Unknown type (of Idotea algirica Lucas, 1846), verbatimGeounit Algeria, la rade Bòn... [details]
Unknown type (of Idotea annulata Dana, 1849), verbatimGeounit Antarctic Seas, S of... [details]
Unknown type (of Idotea atrata A. Costa, 1840) [details]
Unknown type (of Idotea peloponesiaca Roux, 1830), verbatimGeounit France: coasts of Mo... [details]
Unknown type (of Idotea robusta Krøyer, 1846) [details]
Unknown type (of Idotea rugosa Milne Edwards, 1840) MNHN, verbatimGeounit Indian Ocean. 'mers ... [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range intertidal - 1600 [details]

From other sources
Distribution Bay of Fundy to Cape Cod  [details]

Distribution Species, originally from North America, occurs occasionally on the British coasts and most probably is brought here by drifting algae or wood, or through the Gulf stream and North Atlantic current. [details]

Habitat Found from the intertidal zone to 166 m depth; prefers hard and algae covered substrate. [details]
LanguageName 
English metallic marine isopod  [details]
German Metallige MeerasselMetall-Assel  [details]
Japanese ナガレモヘラムシ  [details]