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

Aegiochus Bovallius, 1885

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Aegiochus arctica (Lütken, 1859)
Aegiochus gracilipes (Hansen, 1895)
Aegiochus incisa (Schioedte & Meinert, 1879)
Aegiochus ventrosa (M. Sars, 1859)

Literature

original description	Bovallius, C. (1885). A new isopod from the Swedish Arctic Expedition of 1883. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. 10(9): 1-12, pls. 1-2.
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].
status source	Bruce, N.L. (2009). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Isopoda, Aegidae (Crustacea. NIWA Biodiversity Memoir. 122: 1-252.

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. Aegiochus Bovallius, 1885. 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:293761