WoRMS taxon details
Cirolanidae Dana, 1852
118273 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118273)
accepted
Family
Cirolana Leach, 1818 (type by original designation)
Cirolaninae Dana, 1852 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Genus Aatolana Bruce, 1993
- Genus Annina Budde-Lund, 1908
- Genus Aphantolana Moore & Brusca, 2003
- Genus Arubolana Botosaneanu & Stock, 1979
- Genus Atarbolana Bruce & Javed, 1987
- Genus Bahalana Carpenter, 1981
- Genus Baharilana Bruce & Svavarsson, 2003
- Genus Bathylana Kensley, 1989
- Genus Bathynomus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
- Genus Booralana Bruce, 1986
- Genus Calyptolana Bruce, 1985
- Genus Cartetolana Bruce, 1981
- Genus Ceratolana Bowman, 1977
- Genus Cirolana Leach, 1818
- Genus Colopisthus Richardson, 1902
- Genus Conilera Leach, 1818
- Genus Conilorpheus Stebbing, 1905
- Genus Dolicholana Bruce, 1986
- Genus Eurydice Leach, 1816
- Genus Eurylana Jansen, 1981
- Genus Excirolana Richardson, 1912
- Genus Exumalana Botosaneanu & Iliffe, 2003
- Genus Gnatholana Barnard, 1920
- Genus Hansenolana Stebbing, 1900
- Genus Haptolana Bowman, 1966
- Genus Limicolana Bruce, 1986
- Genus Lucayalana Bruce & Brix, 2017
- Genus Metacirolana Kussakin, 1979
- Genus Mexilana Bowman, 1975
- Genus Natatolana Bruce, 1981
- Genus Neocirolana Hale, 1925
- Genus Odysseylana Malyutina, 1995
- Genus Oncilorpheus Paul & Menzies, 1971
- Genus Orphelana Bruce, 1981
- Genus Parabathynomus Barnard, 1924
- Genus Plakolana Bruce, 1993
- Genus Politolana Bruce, 1981
- Genus Pontogelos Stebbing, 1910
- Genus Pseudaega Thomson, 1883
- Genus Pseudolana Bruce, 1979
- Genus Scutulana Bruce, 1996
- Genus Seychellana Kensley & Schotte, 1994
- Genus Sintorolana Bruce, 1996
- Genus Skotobaena Ferrara & Monod, 1972
- Genus Sphaerolana Cole & Minckley, 1970
- Genus Sululana Bruce & Shimomura, 2019
- Genus Xylolana Kensley, 1987
- Genus Anopsilana Paulian & Delamare Deboutteville, 1956 accepted as Cirolana Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Bermudalana Bowman & Iliffe, 1983 accepted as Arubolana Botosaneanu & Stock, 1979 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Branchuropus Moore, 1901 accepted as Eurydice Leach, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Cirolaninae Dana, 1852 accepted as Cirolanidae Dana, 1852 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Jamaicalana Botosaneanu & Iliffe, 1997 accepted as Cirolana (Anopsilana) Paulian & Delamare Deboutteville, 1956 accepted as Cirolana Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Metacirolana Nierstrasz, 1931 accepted as Metacirolana Kussakin, 1979 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, no diagnosis given)
- Genus Nelocira Leach, 1818 accepted as Cirolana Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Oncilorpreus Paul & Menzies, 1971 accepted as Oncilorpheus Paul & Menzies, 1971 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling, incorrect spelling of genus name in heading)
- Genus Paracirolana Nierstrasz, 1931 accepted as Metacirolana Kussakin, 1979 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, no diagnosis given)
- Genus Parilcirolana Yu & Li, 2001 accepted as Odysseylana Malyutina, 1995 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Pontogeloides Barnard, 1914 accepted as Excirolana Richardson, 1912 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Slabberina van Beneden, 1861 accepted as Eurydice Leach, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Cirolaninae Dana, 1852) Dana, J. D. (1852). On the classification of the Crustacea Choristopoda or Tetradecapoda. The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series. 14(41): 297-316., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28136775 [details] 
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Cirolanidae Dana, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118273 on 2025-04-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cirolaninae Dana, 1852) Dana, J. D. (1852). On the classification of the Crustacea Choristopoda or Tetradecapoda. The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series. 14(41): 297-316., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28136775 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Bruce, N. L. (1986) Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum Supplement 6: 1-239. [details]
taxonomy source Brusca, R. C., Wetzer, R. and France, S. C. (1995) Cirolanidae, Crustacea: Isopoda: Flabellifera of the tropical eastern Pacific. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 30: 1-96. [details]
taxonomy source Brusca, R. C., Wetzer, R. and France, S. C. (1995) Cirolanidae, Crustacea: Isopoda: Flabellifera of the tropical eastern Pacific. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 30: 1-96. [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Delgado, J. G. Z.; Conde, E. G. T.; Miranda, J. D. H. (2021). Lista sistemática de isópodos marinos del Perú, primer registro de" Isocladus bahamondei" Carvacho, 1997 (Crustacea, Peracarida) y aportes de su ecología para la costa peruana. Revista de Investigaciones Marinas. 41(2), 22-35. [details]
additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Brandt, A.; Poore, G. C. B. (2003). Higher classification of the flabelliferan and related Isopoda based on a reappraisal of relationships. Invertebrate Systematics. 17: 893-923. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Brandt, A.; Poore, G. C. B. (2003). Higher classification of the flabelliferan and related Isopoda based on a reappraisal of relationships. Invertebrate Systematics. 17: 893-923. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
Present 
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | スナホリムシ科 | [details] |
