WoRMS taxon details
Cirolanidae Dana, 1852
118273 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118273)
accepted
Family
Cirolana Leach, 1818 (type by original designation)
Bathynominae Racovitza, 1912 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cirolaninae Dana, 1852 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Colopistinae Racovitza, 1912 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eurydicidae Stebbing, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Faucheriinae Racovitza, 1912 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hansenolaninae Racovitza, 1912 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Genus Aatolana Bruce, 1993
- Genus Annina Budde-Lund, 1908
- Genus Aphantolana Moore & Brusca, 2003
- Genus Arubolana Botosaneanu & Stock, 1979
- Genus Atarbolana Bruce & Javed, 1987
- Genus Bahalana Carpenter, 1981
- Genus Baharilana Bruce & Svavarsson, 2003
- Genus Bathylana Kensley, 1989
- Genus Bathynomus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
- Genus Booralana Bruce, 1986
- Genus Calyptolana Bruce, 1985
- Genus Cartetolana Bruce, 1981
- Genus Ceratolana Bowman, 1977
- Genus Cirolana Leach, 1818
- Genus Colopisthus Richardson, 1902
- Genus Conilera Leach, 1818
- Subfamily Conilerinae Kensley & Schotte, 1989
- Genus Conilorpheus Stebbing, 1905
- Genus Dolicholana Bruce, 1986
- Genus Eurydice Leach, 1816
- Subfamily Eurydicinae Stebbing, 1905
- Genus Eurylana Jansen, 1981
- Genus Excirolana Richardson, 1912
- Genus Exumalana Botosaneanu & Iliffe, 2003
- Genus Gnatholana Barnard, 1920
- Genus Hansenolana Stebbing, 1900
- Genus Haptolana Bowman, 1966
- Genus Limicolana Bruce, 1986
- Genus Lucayalana Bruce & Brix in Bruce, Brix, Balfour, Kihara, Wigand, Mehterian & Iliffe, 2017
- Genus Metacirolana Kussakin, 1979
- Genus Mexilana Bowman, 1975
- Genus Natatolana Bruce, 1981
- Genus Neocirolana Hale, 1925
- Genus Odysseylana Malyutina, 1995
- Genus Oncilorpheus Paul & Menzies, 1971
- Genus Orphelana Bruce, 1981
- Genus Parabathynomus Barnard, 1924
- Genus Plakolana Bruce, 1993
- Genus Politolana Bruce, 1981
- Genus Pontogelos Stebbing, 1910
- Genus Pseudaega Thomson, 1883
- Genus Pseudolana Bruce, 1979
- Genus Scutulana Bruce, 1996
- Genus Seychellana Kensley & Schotte, 1994
- Genus Sintorolana Bruce, 1996
- Genus Skotobaena Ferrara & Monod, 1972
- Genus Sphaerolana Cole & Minckley, 1970
- Genus Sululana Bruce & Shimomura, 2019
- Genus Xylolana Kensley, 1987
- Genus Anopsilana Paulian & Delamare Deboutteville, 1956 accepted as Cirolana Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Bathynominae Racovitza, 1912 accepted as Cirolanidae Dana, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Bermudalana Bowman & Iliffe, 1983 accepted as Arubolana Botosaneanu & Stock, 1979 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Branchuropus Moore, 1901 accepted as Eurydice Leach, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Cirolaninae Dana, 1852 accepted as Cirolanidae Dana, 1852 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subfamily Colopistinae Racovitza, 1912 accepted as Cirolanidae Dana, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Hansenolaninae Racovitza, 1912 accepted as Cirolanidae Dana, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Jamaicalana Botosaneanu & Iliffe, 1997 accepted as Cirolana (Anopsilana) Paulian & Delamare Deboutteville, 1956 accepted as Cirolana Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Metacirolana Nierstrasz, 1931 accepted as Metacirolana Kussakin, 1979 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, no diagnosis given)
- Genus Nelocira Leach, 1818 accepted as Cirolana Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Oncilorpreus Paul & Menzies, 1971 accepted as Oncilorpheus Paul & Menzies, 1971 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling, incorrect spelling of genus name in heading)
- Genus Paracirolana Nierstrasz, 1931 accepted as Metacirolana Kussakin, 1979 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, no diagnosis given)
- Genus Parilcirolana Yu & Li, 2001 accepted as Odysseylana Malyutina, 1995 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Pontogeloides Barnard, 1914 accepted as Excirolana Richardson, 1912 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Slabberina van Beneden, 1861 accepted as Eurydice Leach, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Cirolaninae Dana, 1852) Dana, J. D. (1852). On the classification of the Crustacea Choristopoda or Tetradecapoda. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series.</em> 14(41): 297-316., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28136775 [details] 
Boyko, C.B.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2026). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Cirolanidae Dana, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118273 on 2026-02-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cirolaninae Dana, 1852) Dana, J. D. (1852). On the classification of the Crustacea Choristopoda or Tetradecapoda. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series.</em> 14(41): 297-316., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28136775 [details]
original description (of Eurydicidae Stebbing, 1905) Stebbing, T. R. R. (1905). Report on the Isopoda collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>In: Herdman, W. A., Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar with Supplmentary Reports Upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon, by Other Naturalists.</em> 4(23): 1-64, pls. 1-12.
page(s): 10; note: unjustified replacement name for Cirolanidae [details]
original description (of Bathynominae Racovitza, 1912) Racovitza, E.-G. (1912). Biospeleologica XXVII. Cirolanides (première série). <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. Série 5.</em> 10(5): 203-329, pls. 15-28.
page(s): 225 [details]
original description (of Colopistinae Racovitza, 1912) Racovitza, E.-G. (1912). Biospeleologica XXVII. Cirolanides (première série). <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. Série 5.</em> 10(5): 203-329, pls. 15-28.
page(s): 225; note: mispelling of Colopisthinae [details]
original description (of Hansenolaninae Racovitza, 1912) Racovitza, E.-G. (1912). Biospeleologica XXVII. Cirolanides (première série). <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. Série 5.</em> 10(5): 203-329, pls. 15-28.
page(s): 225 [details]
original description (of Faucheriinae Racovitza, 1912) Racovitza, E.-G. (1912). Biospeleologica XXVII. Cirolanides (première série). <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. Série 5.</em> 10(5): 203-329, pls. 15-28.
page(s): 225 [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]
original description (of Eurydicidae Stebbing, 1905) Stebbing, T. R. R. (1905). Report on the Isopoda collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>In: Herdman, W. A., Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar with Supplmentary Reports Upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon, by Other Naturalists.</em> 4(23): 1-64, pls. 1-12.
page(s): 10; note: unjustified replacement name for Cirolanidae [details]
original description (of Bathynominae Racovitza, 1912) Racovitza, E.-G. (1912). Biospeleologica XXVII. Cirolanides (première série). <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. Série 5.</em> 10(5): 203-329, pls. 15-28.
page(s): 225 [details]
original description (of Colopistinae Racovitza, 1912) Racovitza, E.-G. (1912). Biospeleologica XXVII. Cirolanides (première série). <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. Série 5.</em> 10(5): 203-329, pls. 15-28.
page(s): 225; note: mispelling of Colopisthinae [details]
original description (of Hansenolaninae Racovitza, 1912) Racovitza, E.-G. (1912). Biospeleologica XXVII. Cirolanides (première série). <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. Série 5.</em> 10(5): 203-329, pls. 15-28.
page(s): 225 [details]
original description (of Faucheriinae Racovitza, 1912) Racovitza, E.-G. (1912). Biospeleologica XXVII. Cirolanides (première série). <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. Série 5.</em> 10(5): 203-329, pls. 15-28.
page(s): 225 [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]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Bruce, N. L. (1986) Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum Supplement 6: 1-239. [details]
taxonomy source Brusca, R. C., Wetzer, R. and France, S. C. (1995) Cirolanidae, Crustacea: Isopoda: Flabellifera of the tropical eastern Pacific. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 30: 1-96. [details]
taxonomy source Brusca, R. C., Wetzer, R. and France, S. C. (1995) Cirolanidae, Crustacea: Isopoda: Flabellifera of the tropical eastern Pacific. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 30: 1-96. [details]
Other
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. <em>Revista de Investigaciones Marinas.</em> 41(2), 22-35. [details]
additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Brandt, A.; Poore, G. C. B. (2003). Higher classification of the flabelliferan and related Isopoda based on a reappraisal of relationships. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 17: 893-923. [details] Available for editors [request]
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 Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Brandt, A.; Poore, G. C. B. (2003). Higher classification of the flabelliferan and related Isopoda based on a reappraisal of relationships. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 17: 893-923. [details] Available for editors
[request]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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | スナホリムシ科 | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cirolanidae)
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 039905)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cirolanidae)
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 039905)
To ITIS
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