WoRMS taxon details
Epicaridea
Epicarides · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling (see ICZN Article 11.7.2)
- Superfamily Bopyroidea Rafinesque, 1815
- Superfamily Cryptoniscoidea Kossmann, 1880
- Superfamily Cryptoniscina Kossmann, 1880 accepted as Cryptoniscoidea Kossmann, 1880 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, emended to Cryptoniscoidea by Grygier, 1981)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Latreille, P. A. (1825). Familles naturelles du règne animal, exposé succinctement et dans un ordre analytique avec l'indication de leurs genres. [Natural families of the animal kingdom, briefly presented and in analytical order with an indication of their genera.]. <em>J. B. Baillière, Paris.</em> 570 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16094 [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. Epicaridea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=13795 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Latreille, P. A. (1825). Familles naturelles du règne animal, exposé succinctement et dans un ordre analytique avec l'indication de leurs genres. [Natural families of the animal kingdom, briefly presented and in analytical order with an indication of their genera.]. <em>J. B. Baillière, Paris.</em> 570 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16094 [details] 
original description (of Epicarides) Latreille, P. A. (1825). Familles naturelles du règne animal, exposé succinctement et dans un ordre analytique avec l'indication de leurs genres. [Natural families of the animal kingdom, briefly presented and in analytical order with an indication of their genera.]. <em>J. B. Baillière, Paris.</em> 570 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16094 [details]
basis of record 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]
original description (of Epicarides) Latreille, P. A. (1825). Familles naturelles du règne animal, exposé succinctement et dans un ordre analytique avec l'indication de leurs genres. [Natural families of the animal kingdom, briefly presented and in analytical order with an indication of their genera.]. <em>J. B. Baillière, Paris.</em> 570 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16094 [details]
basis of record 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]
Taxonomy
status source
Boyko, C. B.; Moss, J.; Williams, J. D.; Shields, J. D. (2013). A molecular phylogeny of Bopyroidea and Cryptoniscoidea (Crustacea: Isopoda). <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 11(4): 495-506. [details] Available for editors
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status source An, J.; Yin, X.; Chen, R.; Boyko, C.B.; Liu, X. (2022). Integrative taxonomy of the subfamily Orbioninae Codreanu, 1967 (Crustacea: Isopoda) based on mitochondrial and nuclear data with evidence that supports Epicaridea Latreille, 1825 as a suborder. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 180: 107681. [details] Available for editors
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status source An, J.; Yin, X.; Chen, R.; Boyko, C.B.; Liu, X. (2022). Integrative taxonomy of the subfamily Orbioninae Codreanu, 1967 (Crustacea: Isopoda) based on mitochondrial and nuclear data with evidence that supports Epicaridea Latreille, 1825 as a suborder. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 180: 107681. [details] Available for editors

Other
context source (MSBIAS)
MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
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. <em>Revista de Investigaciones Marinas.</em> 41(2), 22-35. [details]
additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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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. <em>Revista de Investigaciones Marinas.</em> 41(2), 22-35. [details]
additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors





From editor or global species database
Remark Infraordinal status is provisional pending further analyses of relationships with other cymothooids. [details]