MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Alitropus typus H. Milne Edwards, 1840

WoRMS taxon details

Alitropus typus H. Milne Edwards, 1840

AphiaID

256453 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:256453)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Alitropus H. Milne Edwards, 1840

Parent

Alitropus H. Milne Edwards, 1840

Original name

Alitropus typus H. Milne Edwards, 1840

Synonymised names

Alitropus dimorphus Pillai, 1954 · unaccepted

Alitropus foveolatus Schiödte & Meinert, 1879 · unaccepted

Rocinela simplex Chilton, 1926 · unaccepted

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary [details]

Type data

Note Bay of Bengal, India

From editor or global species database

type locality Bay of Bengal, India [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vientnam, Indonesia and Australia; low-salinity estuarine (9ppt) and freshwater.

Distribution India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vientnam, Indonesia and Australia; low-salinity estuarine (9ppt) and freshwater. [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. Alitropus typus H. Milne Edwards, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=256453 on 2025-05-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-03 13:02:48Z

created

Schotte, Marilyn

2008-02-05 00:00:35Z

changed

Bruce, Niel L.

2019-05-24 09:00:53Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary [details]

original description (of Alitropus dimorphus Pillai, 1954) Pillai, N.K. (1954). A preliminary note on the Tanaidacea and Isopoda of Travancore. Bulletin of the Central Research Institute, University of Travancore, Trivandrum, Natural Sciences. 3 (1): 1-21. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Alitropus foveolatus Schiödte & Meinert, 1879) Schioedte, J. C.; Meinert, F. W. (1879). Symbolae ad monographiam cymothoarum crustaceorum isopodum familiae. I. Aegidae. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III. 12: 321-413, pls. 7-13. [details]

original description (of Rocinela simplex Chilton, 1926) Chilton, C. (1926). Zoological results of a tour in the far East. The Tanaidacea and Isopoda of Tale Sap. Records of the Indian Museum. 28 (3): 173-185. [details]

Other

additional source Bruce, N. L. (1983). Aegidae (Isopoda,Crustacea) from Australia with descriptions of three new species. Journal of Natural History. 17(5): 757-788. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Bhakta, D.; Das, B. K.; Kamble, S. P.; Das, S. K.; Samanta, S.; Mitra, S. (2021). New record of two isopods Alitropus typus and Tachaea spongillicola from riverine freshwater fishes in the river Tapti. Journal of Parasitic Diseases. 46(1): 18-23., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-021-01449-z [details]