WoRMS name details
Praniza Latreille, 1818
293884 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:293884)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Praniza Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Gnathia Leach, 1814
Genus
Oniscus marinus Slabber, 1769 accepted as Paragnathia formica (Hesse, 1864) (type by monotypy)
- Species Praniza caeruleata (Montagu, 1813) accepted as Gnathia maxillaris (Montagu, 1804) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Latreille, [P.A.]. (1818). Crustacés, arachnides et insectes. <em>Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Agasse, Paris.</em> 24, [1–4], pp. 1–39, pls. 268–397 [published 8 Aug 1818]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.35658 [details] 
Nomenclature Praniza Latreille, 1818 (8 Aug) is a junior homonym and subjective synonym of Praniza Lamarck, 1818 (26 July); the two name...
Nomenclature Praniza Latreille, 1818 (8 Aug) is a junior homonym and subjective synonym of Praniza Lamarck, 1818 (26 July); the two name have different type species. [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; 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. Praniza Latreille, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=293884 on 2026-05-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Latreille, [P.A.]. (1818). Crustacés, arachnides et insectes. <em>Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Agasse, Paris.</em> 24, [1–4], pp. 1–39, pls. 268–397 [published 8 Aug 1818]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.35658 [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]
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
Nomenclature Praniza Latreille, 1818 (8 Aug) is a junior homonym and subjective synonym of Praniza Lamarck, 1818 (26 July); the two name have different type species. [details]Remark Praniza is the name given to the parasitic or micropredator juvenile stage of gnathiid isopods. [details]
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