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

Dynamene Leach, 1818

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nesaea*	Leach, 1814	junior homonym
*Naesea*	Leach, 1814	synonym

Children

Dynamene bicolor (Rathke, 1836)
Dynamene bidentata (Adams, 1800)
Dynamene bifida Torelli, 1930
Dynamene edwardsi (Lucas, 1849)
Dynamene magnitorata Holdich, 1968
Dynamene tubicauda Holdich, 1968

Literature

original description	Leach, W. E. (1818). Cymothoadées, Cymothoadae. In: F. Cuvier (Ed.), Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, dans Lequel on Traite Methodiquement des Differens Etres de la Nature, Consideres Soit en Eux-memes, d'apres l'Etat Actuel de nos Connoissances, Soit Relativement a l'Utilite qu'en Peuvent Retirer la Medecine, l'Agriculture, le Commerce et les Artes. 12: 338-354.
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].
subsequent type designation	Boyko, C. B. (2023). Taxonomic notes and nomenclatural corrections on four sphaeromatid isopod generic names (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae). Arthropoda. 1: 359–364.

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. Dynamene Leach, 1818. 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:118427