WoRMS taxon details
Microniscus calani G. O. Sars, 1883
445795 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:445795)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sars, G. O. (1883). Oversigt af Norges Crustaceer med foreløbige Bemærkninger over de nye eller mindre bekjendte Arter. I. (Podophthalmata - Cumacea - Isopoda - Amphipoda). <em>Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiana.</em> 18 [for 1882]: 1-124, pls. 1-6. [details] 
Type locality contained in Lofoten
type locality contained in Lofoten [details]
Taxonomy "Microniscus" is a larval stage of an epicaridean; at this point it is not possible to match the described species even to...
Taxonomy "Microniscus" is a larval stage of an epicaridean; at this point it is not possible to match the described species even to families, and they may not all even be Bopyroidea [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Microniscus calani G. O. Sars, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=445795 on 2025-11-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Sars, G. O. (1883). Oversigt af Norges Crustaceer med foreløbige Bemærkninger over de nye eller mindre bekjendte Arter. I. (Podophthalmata - Cumacea - Isopoda - Amphipoda). <em>Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiana.</em> 18 [for 1882]: 1-124, pls. 1-6. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Sars, G. O. (1896-1899). An account of the Crustacea of Norway with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Volume II. Isopoda. <em>Bergen Museum, Bergen.</em> i-x + 1-270, pls. 1-104., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32173012 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy "Microniscus" is a larval stage of an epicaridean; at this point it is not possible to match the described species even to families, and they may not all even be Bopyroidea [details]
