Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Isopoda > Suborder Epicaridea > Superfamily Bopyroidea > Family Bopyridae > Subfamily Athelginae

Athelges Gerstaecker, 1862

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Athelgue*	Hesse, 1861	synonym

Children

Athelges bilobus G. O. Sars, 1898
Athelges cladophorus Gerstaecker, 1862
Athelges guitarra Giard & Bonnier, 1890
Athelges intermedia (Anonymous, 1886)
Athelges paguri (Rathke, 1843)
Athelges pelagosae Babić, 1912
Athelges prideauxii Giard & Bonnier, 1890
Athelges tenuicaudis G. O. Sars, 1898

Literature

original description	Gerstaecker, A. (1862). Bericht über die wissenschaftlichen Leistungen im Gebiete der Entomologie wahrend des Jahres 1861. Wiegmanns Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 28 (2): 273-571.
basis of record	Markham, J.C. (2001). Isopoda, Epicaridea, Bopyridae, 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. 322.
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].
additional source	Barnard, K.H. (1955). Additions to the fauna-list of South African Crustacea and Pycnogonida. Annals of the South African Museum. 43: 1-107.
additional source	Markham, J. C. (1977) Athelges Gerstaecker, 1862 (Crustacea, Isopoda): proposed conservation. Z.N.(S.) 2207. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 34(2): 126-129.
status source	Melville, R. V. (1982) Opinion 1229 Athelges Gerstaecker, 1862 (Crustacea, Isopoda): Conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 39(4): 238-240.

Genbank

Citation

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. Athelges Gerstaecker, 1862. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118164