Genus Aega Leach, 1815
- Aega Leach, W.E. 1815. A tabular view of the external characters of four classes of animals, which Linné arranged under Insecta; with the distribution of the genera composing three of these classes into orders &c. and descriptions of several new genera and species. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 11: 306-400 [369].
Type species:
Oniscus psorus Linnaeus, 1761 (=Aega psora (Linnaeus, 1761)) by subsequent designation, see Brusca, R.C. 1983. A monograph on the isopod family Aegidae in the tropical eastern Pacific. I. The genus Aega. Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology 12: 1-39 [8] (species currently A. emarginata (Leach, 1815)).
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
AEGIDAE: Aega antillensis (Schioedte & Meinert, 1879) — Bruce, N.L. 2004. Reassessment of the isopod crustacean Aega deshaysiana (Milne Edwards, 1840) (Cymothoida: Aegidae): a worldwide complex of 21 species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 142: 135-232
AEGIDAE: Aega deshayesi (Milne Edwards, 1840) — Bruce, N.L. 2004. Reassessment of the isopod crustacean Aega deshaysiana (Milne Edwards, 1840) (Cymothoida: Aegidae): a worldwide complex of 21 species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 142: 135-232
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Province (12), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Macquarie Island Province (24), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Distribution References
General References
Hale, H.M. 1925. Review of Australian isopods of the cymothoid group. Pt I. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 49: 128-185 [176] (excluded record of A. antillensis from South Australia)
Hale, H.M. 1940. Report on the cymothoid Isopoda obtained by F.I.S. "Endeavour" on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 64: 288-304 [295] (excluded record of A. deshayesi from eastern Australia)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Aug-2022 | PERACARIDA Calman, 1904 | 13-Dec-2024 | MODIFIED | Lauren Timms (NMV) Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV) |
| 05-Aug-2022 | ISOPODA Latreille, 1817 | 13-Dec-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | 13-Dec-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 13-Dec-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 13-Dec-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 13-Dec-2024 | MODIFIED |