OCEAN-UKRAINE - Idotea balthica (Pallas, 1772)

BlackSea taxon details

Idotea balthica (Pallas, 1772)

AphiaID

119039 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:119039)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Idotea Fabricius, 1798

Original name

Oniscus balthicus Pallas, 1772

Synonymised names

Idotea balthica basteri Audouin, 1826 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Subspecies Idotea balthica basteri Audouin, 1826 accepted as Idotea balthica (Pallas, 1772) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Pallas P. S. (1772). Spicilegia Zoologica, quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur cura P.S. Pallas. Fasciculus 9: 1-86, pls. 1-4. Berolini., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27818001
page(s): 66 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Boyko, C.B.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Idotea balthica (Pallas, 1772). Accessed through: Sergeyeva, O. (2025) Black Sea checklist for Ocean-Ukraine & Sibema at: https://vliz.be/projects/Ocean-Ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119039 on 2026-09-14

Regional species database citation

Sergeyeva, O. (2026). Black Sea checklist for Ocean-Ukraine & Sibema. Idotea balthica (Pallas, 1772). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/projects/Ocean-Ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119039 on 2026-09-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2008-01-03 13:02:48Z

checked

Schotte, Marilyn

2009-02-20 10:38:06Z

changed

Poore, Gary C.B.

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original description (of Idotea balthica basteri Audouin, 1826) Pallas P. S. (1772). Spicilegia Zoologica, quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur cura P.S. Pallas. Fasciculus 9: 1-86, pls. 1-4. Berolini., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27818001 [details]

original description (of ) Pallas P. S. (1772). Spicilegia Zoologica, quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur cura P.S. Pallas. Fasciculus 9: 1-86, pls. 1-4. Berolini., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27818001
page(s): 66 [details]

context source (BeRMS 2020) Aquatic environment and quality group; Flanders research institute for agriculture, fisheries and food (ILVO), Belgium; (2017): Subtidal epibenthos and demersal fish monitoring in function of a foreshore suppletion at the Belgian coast, period 2013-2016. [details]

context source (Bermuda) Kensley, B. (1994) Records of shallow-water marine isopods from Bermuda with descriptions of four new species. Journal of Crustacean Biology 14(2): 319-336., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1548912 [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]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source Meinkoth, N. A. (1981). Field guide to North American seashore creatures. The Audubon Society. 1-799. [details]

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]

additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]

additional source Rappé, G. (1989). Annoted checklist of the marine and brackish-water Isopoda (Crustacea, Malacostraca) of Belgium, in: Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.) (1989). Proceedings of the Symposium "Invertebrates of Belgium". pp. 165-168 (look up in IMIS) [details]

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 Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Wares, J. P.; Toonen, R. J.; Wetzer, R.; Daley, S. (2007). An evaluation of cryptic lineages of Idotea balthica (Isopoda: Idoteidae): morphology and microsatellites. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 27(4): 643-648., available online at https://doi.org/10.1651/s-2825r.1 [details]