Genus Idotea Fabricius, 1798

Museums

Museum list

Regional Maps

Genus Idotea Fabricius, 1798

Idotea Fabricius, J.C. 1798. Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae : Proft et Storch ii 573 pp. [302].
Type species:
Cymothoa emarginata Fabricius, 1793 by subsequent designation, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1963. Opinion 643. Idotea Fabricius, 1798, and Mesidotea Richardson, 1905 (Crustacea, Decapoda); validation under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 20: 18-25.

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications: IDOTEIDAE: Idotea marina (Linnaeus, 1761) — Poore, G.C.B. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Syncarida, Peracarida: Isopoda, Tanaidacea, Mictacea, Thermosbaenacea, Spelaeogriphacea. In Houston, W.W.K. & Beesley, P.L. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.2A. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xii 434 pp. (suppressed name recorded by <41181>)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Lower E coast
- 200 mile fishing zone: SE oceanic
- New South Wales
- Western Australia

Distribution References

Brusca, R.C. 1984. Phylogeny, evolution and biogeography of the marine isopod subfamily Idoteinae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Idoteidae). Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 20: 99-134

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	PERACARIDA Calman, 1904	05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED	Lauren Timms (NMV) Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV)
05-Aug-2022	ISOPODA Latreille, 1817	17-May-2022	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	VALVIFERA Sars, 1882	05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED
		05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED

Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory