APHOTOMARINE
An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.
Asellota (Suborder) > Janiroidea (Superfamily) > Janiridae (Family)
Jaera
Jaera (Jaera) albifrons Leach, 1814
Jaera (Jaera) forsmani Bocquet, 1950
Jaera (Jaera) ischiosetosa Forsman, 1949
Jaera (Jaera) praehirsuta Forsman, 1949
Un-identified specimens of Jaera albifrons group
Jaera (Jaera) nordmanni (Rathke, 1837)
See article - Investigations into the little known and
under-recorded genus Jaera (ISOPODA) in Cornwall."
by David Fenwick
Janira
Janira maculosa Leach, 1814 - A janirid isopod
Asellota (Suborder) > Janiroidea (Superfamily) > Joeropsididae (Family)
Joeropsis
Joeropsis brevicornis brevicornis Koehler, 1885
syn. Jaeropsis brevicornis - A joeropsidid isopod
Asellota (Suborder) > Janiroidea (Superfamily) > Munnidae (Family)
Munna
Munna kroyeri Goodsir, 1842 - A munnid isopod
Munna minuta Hansen, 1910 - A munnid isopod
Cymothoida (Suborder) > Anthuroidea (Superfamily) > Anthuridae (Family)
Anthura
Anthura gracilis (Montagu, 1808) - An anthurid isopod
Cyathura
Cyathura carinata (Krøyer, 1847) - An anthurid isopod
Cymothoida (Suborder) > Epicaridea (Infraorder) > Bopyroidea (Superfamily) > Bopyridae (Family) > Athelginae (Subfamily)
Athelges
Athelges paguri (Rathke, 1843)
- A parasitic bopyrid isopod of hermit crabs
Cymothoida (Suborder) > Epicaridea (Infraorder) > Bopyroidea (Superfamily) > Bopyridae (Family) > Bopyrinae (Subfamily)
Bopyrina
Bopyrina ocellata (Czerniavsky, 1868)
- A parasitic isopod in the prawn Hippoyte varians
Cymothoida (Suborder) > Epicaridea (Infraorder) > Cryptoniscoidea (Superfamily) > Cabiropidae (Family)
Ancyroniscus
Ancyroniscus bonnieri Caullery & Mesnil, 1919
- A parasitic isopod of Dynamene bidentata
Cymothoida (Suborder) > Epicaridea (Infraorder) > Cryptoniscoidea (Superfamily)
> Hemioniscidae (Family)
Hemioniscus
Hemioniscus balani Buchholz, 1866 -
A parasitic isopod of barnacles
Cymothoida (Suborder) > Cymothooidea (Superfamily) > Cirolanidae (Family)
Conilera
Conilera cylindracea (Montagu, 1804) - An isopod
Eurydice
Eurydice affinis Hansen, 1905 - An isopod
Eurydice pulchra Leach, 1815 - John Harvey bug
Cymothoida (Suborder) > Cymothooidea (Superfamily) > Cymothoidae (Family)
Anilocra
Anilocra frontalis H. Milne Edwards, 1840
- A parasitic fish louse / isopod
Ceratothoa
Ceratothoa steindachneri Koelbel, 1879
Cymothoida (Suborder) > Cymothooidea (Superfamily) > Gnathiidae (Family)
Gnathia
Gnathia dentata (Sars G.O., 1872)
Gnathia maxillaris (Montagu, 1804)
Paragnathia
Paragnathia formica (Hesse, 1864) - An isopod
Limnoriidea (Suborder) > Limnorioidea (Superfamily) > Limnoriidae (Family)
Limnoria
Limnoria lignorum (Rathke, 1799) ? - A Gribble
Limnoria quadripunctata Holthuis, 1949 - A Gribble
Oniscidea (Suborder) > Ligiidae (Family)
Ligia
Ligia oceanica (Linnaeus, 1767) - Sea slater or Bilge bug
Sphaeromatidea (Suborder) > Sphaeromatoidea (Superfamily) > Sphaeromatidae (Family)
Campecopea
Campecopea hirsuta (Montagu, 1804)
- A sphaeromatid isopod
Cymodoce
Cymodoce truncata Leach, 1814
- A sphaeromatid isopod
Dynamene
Dynamene bidentata (Adams, 1800)
- A sphaeromatid isopod
Lekanesphaera
Lekanesphaera hookeri (Leach, 1814)
- A sphaeromatid isopod
Lekanesphaera rugicauda (Leach, 1814)
synonym Sphaeroma rugicauda
- A sphaeromatid isopod
Sphaeroma
Sphaeroma serratum (Fabricius, 1787)
- A sphaeromatid isopod
Valvifera (Suborder) > Arcturidae (Family)
Astacilla
Astacilla danmoniensis (Stebbing, 1874)
syn. Arcturella damnoniensis - An isopod
Astacilla longicornis (Sowerby, 1806) - An isopod
Valvifera (Suborder) > Holognathidae (Family)
Cleantis
Cleantis prismatica (Risso, 1826)
syn. Zenobiana prismatica - An isopod
Valvifera (Suborder) > Idoteidae (Family)
Idotea
Idotea balthica (Pallas, 1772)
Idotea chelipes (Pallas, 1766)
Idotea emarginata (Fabricius, 1793)
Idotea granulosa Rathke, 1843
Idotea linearis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Idotea metallica Bosc, 1802
Idotea neglecta Sars, 1897
Idotea pelagica Leach, 1816
Collection of Idotea balthica and
Idotea emarginata from driftweed
Stenosoma
Stenosoma acuminatum Leach, 1814 - An isopod
Stenosoma lancifer Miers, 1881 - An isopod
There are a number of terrestrial and freshwater isopods that appear either in the Plymouth Marine Fauna or WoRMS marine life database, they include the following species. These species and more can also be found on the APHOTOFAUNA website.
Terrestrial Isopods
Oniscidea (Suborder) > Crinocheta (Section) > Armadillidiidae (Family)
Armadillidium
Armadillidium album Dollfus, 1887 -
Beach pill woodlouse
Armadillidium vulgare (Latreille, 1804)
- Common pill woodlouse
Oniscidea (Suborder) > Crinocheta (Section) > Philosciidae (Family)
Philoscia
Philoscia muscorum (Scopoli, 1763)
- Striped woodlouse
Oniscidea (Suborder) > Crinocheta (Section) > Porcellionidae (Family)
Porcellio
Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804
- Rough woodlouse
Porcellionides
Porcellionides cingendus (Kinahan, 1857)
- A porcellionid woodlouse
Oniscidea (Suborder) > Synocheta (Section) > Trichoniscidae (Family)
Androniscus
Androniscus dentiger Verhoeff, 1908
- Rosy woodlouse
Trichoniscus
Trichoniscus pusillus Brandt, 1833
- Common pygmy woodlouse
Freshwater Isopods
Asellota (Suborder) > Asellidae (Family)
Asellus
Asellus (Asellus) aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common water slater
Proasellus
Proasellus meridianus meridianus (Racovitza, 1919)
- One-spotted water slater
