Aegidae White, 1850
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Family Aegidae White, 1850 View in CoL
Genus Aegiochus Bovallius, 1885 View in CoL
Aegiochus Bovallius, 1885: 4 View in CoL .— Bruce, 2009: 83.
Aega (Ramphion) Brusca, 1983: 11 .— Kensley & Schotte, 1989: 116 (key) [type species Aega plebeia Hansen, 1897 View in CoL ; by original designation].
Type species. Aega nordenskjoldii Bovallius, 1885 by monotypy (see Bruce 2009); junior synonym of Aega ventrosa M. Sars, 1859 .
Remarks. The genus was re-established and described in detail by Bruce (2009), and at present has 38 species. Aegiochus has a worldwide distribution, at depths ranging from shallow subtidal to usually within 2000 metres.
Bovallius, C. (1885) A new isopod from the Swedish Arctic Expedition of 1883. Bihang til Kongeliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, 10, 1 - 12, pls. 11 + 12.
Bruce, N. L. (2009) The marine fauna of New Zealand, Isopoda, Aegidae (Crustacea). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, 122, 1 - 252.
Brusca, R. C. (1983) A monograph on the isopod family Aegidae in the tropical eastern Pacific. The genus Aega. Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology, 12, 1 - 39.
Kensley, B. & Schotte M. (1989) Guide to the Marine Isopod Crustaceans of the Caribbean. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C. & London, 308 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 10375
White, A. (1850) Part IV. - Crustacea. In: List of the specimens of British animals in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum, London, pp. i-iv + 1 - 141.
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Aegidae White, 1850
Hughes, Lauren E., Bruce, Niel L. & Osborn, Karen 2020 |
Aega (Ramphion)
Kensley, B. & Schotte M. 1989: 116 |
Brusca, R. C. 1983: 11 |
Aegiochus
Bruce, N. L. 2009: 83 |
Bovallius, C. 1885: 4 |