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

Idotea Fabricius, 1798

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Idothea*	Fabricius, 1796	synonym; nom. nud.

Children

Idotea balthica (Pallas, 1772)
Idotea chelipes (Pallas, 1766)
Idotea emarginata (Fabricius, 1793)
Idotea granulosa Rathke, 1843
Idotea linearis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Idotea metallica Bosc, 1801
Idotea neglecta G. O. Sars, 1897
Idotea ostroumovi Sowinsky, 1895
Idotea pelagica Leach, 1816
Idotea whymperi Miers, 1881

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヘラムシ属

Literature

original description	Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae: Proft et Storck: 1-572.
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].
source of synonymy	Heegaard P.E. & L.B. Holthuis (1960). Proposed use of the plenary powers to validate the generic name Idotea J.C. Fabricius, 1798 (class Crustacea, order Isopoda) and matters connected therewith. Z.N. (S.) 412. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 17: 178-184.

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. Idotea Fabricius, 1798. 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:118454