Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Isopoda > Suborder Valvifera > Family Arcturidae

Astacilla Cordiner, 1793

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leachia*	Goodsir, 1841	orthographic variant
*Arcturella*	G. O. Sars, 1897	synonym
*Leacia*	Johnston, 1825	synonym

Children

Astacilla arietina G. O. Sars, 1883
Astacilla axeli Castelló, 1992
Astacilla bocagei Nobre, 1903
Astacilla bonnierii Stephensen, 1915
Astacilla carlosteroi (Reboreda, Wägele & Garmendia, 1994)
Astacilla cornuta (Koehler, 1911)
Astacilla damnoniensis (Stebbing, 1874)
Astacilla dilatata G. O. Sars, 1883
Astacilla dollfusi (Monod, 1925)
Astacilla frigida (Hansen, 1916)
Astacilla gorgonophila Monod, 1925
Astacilla granulata (G. O. Sars, 1877)
Astacilla intermedia (Goodsir, 1841)
Astacilla longicornis (Sowerby, 1806)
Astacilla mediterranea Koehler, 1911
Astacilla poorei (Castelló, 1997)
Astacilla pusilla (G. O. Sars, 1873)

Literature

original description	Cordiner, C. (1793). Remarkable ruins, and romantic prospects, of North Britain. With ancient monuments, and singular subjects of natural history. Peter Mazell, London. 96 plates with letterpress.
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
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].

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. Astacilla Cordiner, 1793. 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:118445