Genus Synidotea Harger, 1878

Museums

Regional Maps

• Synidotea Harger, O. 1878. Description of new genera and species of Isopoda, from New England and adjacent regions. American Journal of Science and Arts 3 15: 373-379 [374].

  Type species:

   Idotea nodulosa Krøyer, 1846 by original designation.

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

IDOTEIDAE: Synidotea laevidorsalis (Miers, 1881) — Chapman, J.W. & Carlton, J.T. 1994. Predicted discoveries of the introduced isopod Synidotea laevidorsalis (Miers, 1881). Journal of Crustacean Biology 14: 700-714 (wrongly suggested laevidorsalis as senior synonym of S. grisea Poore & Lew Ton, 1993 and S. keablei Poore & Lew Ton, 1993; see for detailed rebuttal)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, Lower W coast
  • New South Wales
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia

Distribution References

General References

Poore, G.C.B. & Lew Ton, H.M. 1993. Idoteidae of Australia and New Zealand (Crustacea: Isopoda: Valvifera). Invertebrate Taxonomy 7: 197-278 [261]

 

History of changes

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