MSBIAS taxon details
Janira Leach, 1814
118365 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118365)
accepted
Genus
Janira maculosa Leach, 1814 (type by monotypy)
- Species Janira maculosa Leach, 1814
- Species Janira breviremis G. O. Sars, 1883 accepted as Ianiropsis breviremis (G. O. Sars, 1883) (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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> :383-437., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640
page(s): 434 [details]
page(s): 434 [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. Janira Leach, 1814. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118365 on 2026-09-05
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Janira Leach, 1814. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118365 on 2026-09-05
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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> :383-437., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640
page(s): 434 [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]
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]
page(s): 434 [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]
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
