MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Scyphacidae Dana, 1853

WoRMS taxon details

Scyphacidae Dana, 1853

AphiaID

146506 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146506)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Typetaxon

Scyphax Dana, 1853 (type by original designation)

Parent

Crinocheta

Original name

Scyphacinae Dana, 1853

Synonymised names

Actaeciidae Vandel, 1964 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Scyphacinae Dana, 1853 · unaccepted > superseded rank

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

(of Scyphacinae Dana, 1853) Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia. 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Scyphacidae Dana, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146506 on 2025-04-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-01-25 08:49:32Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2005-05-02 12:40:44Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2007-11-27 17:31:00Z

checked

Schotte, Marilyn

2016-09-22 13:18:59Z

changed

Taiti, Stefano

2024-02-29 13:24:44Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2024-03-15 17:50:26Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Actaeciidae Vandel, 1964) Vandel, A. (1964). La place du genre Actaecia Dana dans le sous-ordre des Oniscoidea (isopodes terrestres). Crustaceana. 6(3): 161-174. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Scyphacinae Dana, 1853) Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia. 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910 [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]

Other

additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Schmalfuss, H. (2003). World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie). 654: 1-341., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60882444 [details] Available for editors

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