WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Aega concharum Stimpson, 1853) Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.</em> 6: 1-66, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32536624 page(s): 42 [details]
basis of record
Riseman, S. and Brusca, R. C. (2002) Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of <i>Politolana</i> Bruce, 1981 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 134(1): 57-140. [details]
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 [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]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 0-317 [details]
type locality South Carolina, USA [details]From other sources
Diet Scavengers on dead material, especially blue crabs. [details]
Habitat Found in sublittoral zone, over sand and mud substrate. [details]
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