WoRMS taxon details
Limnoria Leach, 1814
118420 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118420)
accepted
Genus
Limnoria terebrans Leach, 1814 accepted as Limnoria lignorum (Rathke, 1799) (type by monotypy)
Limnoria (Phycolimnoria) Menzies, 1957 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Phycolimnoria Menzies, 1957 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Limnoria agrostisa Cookson, 1991
- Species Limnoria algarum Menzies, 1957
- Species Limnoria andamanensis Rao & Ganapati, 1969
- Species Limnoria antarctica Pfeffer, 1887
- Species Limnoria bacescui (Ortiz & Lalana, 1988)
- Species Limnoria bituberculata Pillai, 1957
- Species Limnoria bombayensis Pillai, 1961
- Species Limnoria borealis Kussakin, 1963
- Species Limnoria carinata Menzies & Becker, 1957
- Species Limnoria carptora Cookson, 1997
- Species Limnoria chilensis Menzies, 1962
- Species Limnoria clarkae (Kensley & Schotte, 1987)
- Species Limnoria convexa Cookson, 1991
- Species Limnoria cristata Cookson & Cragg, 1991
- Species Limnoria echidna Cookson, 1991
- Species Limnoria emarginata Kussakin & Malyutina, 1989
- Species Limnoria foveolata Menzies, 1957
- Species Limnoria gibbera Cookson, 1991
- Species Limnoria glaucinosa Cookson, 1991
- Species Limnoria hicksi Schotte, 1989
- Species Limnoria hiradoensis Nunomura, 2008
- Species Limnoria indica Becker & Kampf, 1958
- Species Limnoria insulae Menzies, 1957
- Species Limnoria japonica Richardson, 1909
- Species Limnoria kautensis Cookson & Cragg, 1988
- Species Limnoria lignorum (Rathke, 1799)
- Species Limnoria loricata Cookson, 1991
- Species Limnoria magadanensis Jesakova, 1961
- Species Limnoria mazzellae Cookson & Lorenti, 2001
- Species Limnoria multipunctata Menzies, 1957
- Species Limnoria nagatai Nunomura, 2012
- Species Limnoria nonsegnis Menzies, 1957
- Species Limnoria orbellum Cookson, 1991
- Species Limnoria pfefferi Stebbing, 1904
- Species Limnoria platycauda Menzies, 1957
- Species Limnoria poorei Cookson, 1991
- Species Limnoria quadripunctata Holthuis, 1949
- Species Limnoria raruslima Cookson, 1991
- Species Limnoria reniculus Schotte, 1989
- Species Limnoria rugosissima Menzies, 1957
- Species Limnoria saseboensis Menzies, 1957
- Species Limnoria segnis Chilton, 1883
- Species Limnoria segnoides Menzies, 1957
- Species Limnoria septima Barnard, 1936
- Species Limnoria sexcarinata Kuhne, 1975
- Species Limnoria simulata Menzies, 1957
- Species Limnoria stephenseni Menzies, 1957
- Species Limnoria sublittorale Menzies, 1957
- Species Limnoria torquisa Cookson, 1991
- Species Limnoria tripunctata Menzies, 1951
- Species Limnoria tuberculata Sowinsky, 1884
- Species Limnoria turae Castelló, 2011
- Species Limnoria uncapedis Cookson, 1991
- Species Limnoria unicornis Menzies, 1957
- Species Limnoria zinovae (Kussakin, 1963)
- Subgenus Limnoria (Phycolimnoria) Menzies, 1957 accepted as Limnoria Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Limnoria (Phycolimnoria) algarum Menzies, 1957 accepted as Limnoria algarum Menzies, 1957
- Species Limnoria andrewsi Calman, 1910 accepted as Paralimnoria andrewsi (Calman, 1910) (basionym)
- Species Limnoria terebrans Leach, 1814 accepted as Limnoria lignorum (Rathke, 1799) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Leach, W.E. (1813-1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640
page(s): 433 [details]
page(s): 433 [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Limnoria Leach, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118420 on 2025-03-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Leach, W.E. (1813-1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640
page(s): 433 [details]
original description (of Limnoria (Phycolimnoria) Menzies, 1957) Menzies, R. J. (1957). The marine borer family Limnoriidae (Crustacea, Isopoda). Part I: Northern and Central America: systematics, distribution, and ecology. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 7(2): 101-200. [details] Available for editors
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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]
page(s): 433 [details]
original description (of Limnoria (Phycolimnoria) Menzies, 1957) Menzies, R. J. (1957). The marine borer family Limnoriidae (Crustacea, Isopoda). Part I: Northern and Central America: systematics, distribution, and ecology. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean.</em> 7(2): 101-200. [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
Other
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
