original description
Thompson, M. T. (1902) A new isopod parasitic on the hermit crab. U. S. Fish Commission Bulletin for 1901: 53-56. [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]
From editor or global species database
type locality Massachusetts, USA [details]