MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Aega megalops Norman & Stebbing, 1886

Isopoda taxon details

Aega megalops Norman & Stebbing, 1886

AphiaID

118823 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118823)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Aega Leach, 1816

Original name

Aega megalops Norman & Stebbing, 1886

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Norman, A.M.; Stebbing, T.R.R. (1886). V. On the Crustacea Isopoda of the 'Lightning', 'Porcupine', and 'Valorous' Expeditions. Part I.- Apseudidae, Tanaidae, Anthuridae. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 12(4): 77-141, pls. 16-27. [details]

Type data

Note Portugal

From editor or global species database

type locality Portugal [details]

Descriptive notes

Depth range 82

Depth range 82 [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. Aega megalops Norman & Stebbing, 1886. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118823 on 2025-05-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2008-01-03 13:02:48Z

checked

Schotte, Marilyn

2019-06-24 11:44:12Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

[taxonomic tree]

original description Norman, A.M.; Stebbing, T.R.R. (1886). V. On the Crustacea Isopoda of the 'Lightning', 'Porcupine', and 'Valorous' Expeditions. Part I.- Apseudidae, Tanaidae, Anthuridae. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 12(4): 77-141, pls. 16-27. [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 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]