Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Isopoda > Suborder Oniscidea > Family Ligiidae > Genus Ligia

Ligia exotica Roux, 1828

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ligia*	Fabricius, 1798	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: wharf roach

Literature

original description	Roux, P. (1828) Crustaces de la Mediterranee et de son littoral, decrits et lithographies par lui- meme. Annales des Sciences Naturelles 16:Paris et Marseille.
basis of record	Huwae, P.; Rappé, G. (2003). Waterpissebedden: een determineertabel voor de zoet-, brak- en zoutwaterpissebedden van Nederland en België. Wetenschappelijke Mededelingen van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging, 226. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-171-8. 55 pp.
additional source	Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp.
additional source	ITIS database
additional source	Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley, and S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA.
additional source	NODC (1997). NODC Taxonomic codes

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Isopod Collection
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Schotte, M. (2014). Ligia exotica Roux, 1828. In: Schotte, M.; Boyko, C.B; Bruce, N.L.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. & Wilson, G.D.F. (Eds) (2014) World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148661