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 Cymothoidae > Genus Nerocila

Nerocila blainvillei Leach, 1818

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nerocila*	Leach, 1818	accepted genus name
*Ichthyophilus*	Latreille, 1829	synonym

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].

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. Nerocila blainvillei 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:118908