Nomenclature
original description
(of Iaera guernei Dollfus, 1889) Dollfus, A. (1889). Description d'un isopode fluviatile du genre Iaera provenant de l'ile de Florès (Açores). Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 14: 133-134. [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]
From editor or global species database
Habitat estuarine [details]