Marine Species Traits - Caecijaera Menzies, 1951

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Caecijaera Menzies, 1951

AphiaID

118361 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118361)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Caecijaera horvathi Menzies, 1951

Parent

Janiridae G. O. Sars, 1897

Original name

Caecijaera Menzies, 1951

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Species Caecijaera borealis Kussakin, 1962
Species Caecijaera ciliata Kim, Kim & Yoon, 2022
Species Caecijaera derjugini Kussakin, 1962
Species Caecijaera horvathi Menzies, 1951
Species Caecijaera kussakini Malyutina, 1994
Species Caecijaera mirabilis Kussakin, 1962

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Menzies, R.J. (1951). A new genus and species of asellote isopod, Caecijaera horvathi, from Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor. American Museum Novitates. 1542: 1-7. [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Caecijaera Menzies, 1951. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118361 on 2026-09-08

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Caecijaera Menzies, 1951. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118361 on 2026-09-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-07 06:51:43Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2007-11-28 15:20:16Z

checked

Schotte, Marilyn

2019-06-24 11:44:12Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2023-03-22 12:27:37Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

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original description Menzies, R.J. (1951). A new genus and species of asellote isopod, Caecijaera horvathi, from Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor. American Museum Novitates. 1542: 1-7. [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [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]

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