WoRMS taxon details
Nerocila Leach, 1818
118417 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118417)
accepted
Genus
Nerocila blainvillei Leach, 1818 (type by monotypy)
Emphylia Koelbel, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ichthyophilus Latreille, 1829 · unaccepted > nomen nudum (no included species)
Pterisopodus Boone, 1918 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Nerocila acuminata Schiödte & Meinert, 1881
- Species Nerocila armata Dana, 1853
- Species Nerocila arres Bowman & Tareen, 1983
- Species Nerocila barramundae Bruce, 1987
- Species Nerocila benrosei Bunkley-Williams & Williams, 1999
- Species Nerocila bivittata (Risso, 1816)
- Species Nerocila blainvillei Leach, 1818
- Species Nerocila californica Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
- Species Nerocila congener Miers, 1880
- Species Nerocila depressa H. Milne Edwards, 1840
- Species Nerocila donghaiensis H. Yu & Li, 2002
- Species Nerocila excisa Searle, 1914
- Species Nerocila exocoeti Pillai, 1954
- Species Nerocila falcata (Fabricius, 1787)
- Species Nerocila falklandica Cunningham, 1871
- Species Nerocila fluviatilis Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
- Species Nerocila hemirhamphusi Shyamasundari, Hanumantha Rao & Jalaj Kumari, 1990
- Species Nerocila heterozota Ahmed, 1970
- Species Nerocila japonica Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
- Species Nerocila kisra Bowman & Tareen, 1983
- Species Nerocila lanceolata (Say, 1818)
- Species Nerocila livida Budde-Lund, 1908
- Species Nerocila lomatia Bruce, 1987
- Species Nerocila longispina Miers, 1880
- Species Nerocila loveni Bovallius, 1887
- Species Nerocila milesensis Öktener, Tuncer & Trilles, 2020
- Species Nerocila monodi Hale, 1940
- Species Nerocila munda Harger, 1873
- Species Nerocila orbignyi (Guérin, 1832)
- Species Nerocila phaiopleura Bleeker, 1857
- Species Nerocila pigmentata Bal & Joshi, 1959
- Species Nerocila poruvae Rameshkumar, Ravichandran & Trilles, 2011
- Species Nerocila priacanthusi Jalaja Kumari, Hanumantha Rao & Shyamasunadri, 1987
- Species Nerocila recurvispina Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
- Species Nerocila rhabdota Koelbel, 1879
- Species Nerocila serra Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
- Species Nerocila sigani Bowman & Tareen, 1983
- Species Nerocila sundaica Bleeker, 1857
- Species Nerocila tenuipes Dana, 1853
- Species Nerocila trichiura (Miers, 1878)
- Species Nerocila trivittata Bleeker, 1857
- Species Nerocila adriatica Schioedte & Meinert, 1881 accepted as Nerocila orbignyi (Guérin, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Nerocila affinis H. Milne Edwards, 1840 accepted as Nerocila orbignyi (Guérin, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Nerocila australasiae Schioedte & Meinert, 1881 accepted as Nerocila orbignyi (Guérin, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Nerocila breviceps Schioedte & Meinert, 1881 accepted as Creniola breviceps (Schioedte & Meinert, 1881) (basionym)
- Species Nerocila cebuana Schioedte & Meinert, 1881 accepted as Nerocila congener Miers, 1880 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Nerocila cephalotes Schioedte & Meinert, 1881 accepted as Nerocila orbignyi (Guérin, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Nerocila dolichostylis Koelbel, 1879 accepted as Nerocila depressa H. Milne Edwards, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Nerocila laticauda Schioedte & Meinert, 1881 accepted as Creniola laticauda (Schioedte & Meinert, 1881) (basionym)
- Species Nerocila laticeps Bovallius, 1887 accepted as Nerocila orbignyi (Guérin, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Nerocila lovéni Bovallius, 1887 accepted as Nerocila loveni Bovallius, 1887 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
- Species Nerocila Mac Leaii White, 1847 accepted as Nerocila macleayii Miers, 1884 accepted as Nerocila orbignyi (Guérin, 1832) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Nerocila macleayii Miers, 1884 accepted as Nerocila orbignyi (Guérin, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Nerocila maculata H. Milne Edwards, 1840 accepted as Nerocila orbignyi (Guérin, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Nerocila madrasensis Ramakrishna & Ramaniah, 1978 accepted as Nerocila exocoeti Pillai, 1954
- Species Nerocila neapolitana Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 accepted as Nerocila orbignyi (Guérin, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Nerocila novaezelandiae Schioedte & Meinert, 1881 accepted as Nerocila orbignyi (Guérin, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Nerocila philippensis Bovallius, 1887 accepted as Nerocila congener Miers, 1880 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Nerocila pulicatensis Jayadev Babu & Sanjeeva Raj, 1985 accepted as Nerocila serra Schioedte & Meinert, 1881 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Nerocila saurida Avdeev, 1977 accepted as Creniola saurida (Avdeev, 1977) (basionym)
- Species Nerocila schadleri Nierstrasz, 1915 accepted as Amblycephalon schadleri (Nierstrasz, 1915) (basionym)
- Species Nerocila swainsoni (Leach, 1818) accepted as Cirolana cranchii Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Species Nerocila trailli Filhol, 1885 accepted as Nerocila orbignyi (Guérin, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Nerocila variabilis Gibbes in White, 1849 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Nerocila vittata Lucas, 1846 accepted as Nerocila orbignyi (Guérin, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Nerocila aculeata H. Milne Edwards, 1840 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Nerocila brasiliensis Dana, 1853 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Nerocila brongniartii (Risso, 1816) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Nerocila cuspidata A. Costa in Hope, 1851 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Nerocila lata Dana, 1853 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Nerocila latiuscula Dana, 1853 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Leach, W. E. (1818). Cymothoadées, Cymothoadae. <em>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.</em> 12: 338-354., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23002019 [details] 
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 Leach, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118417 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Leach, W. E. (1818). Cymothoadées, Cymothoadae. <em>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.</em> 12: 338-354., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23002019 [details]
original description (of Ichthyophilus Latreille, 1829) Latreille, [P.A.]. (1829). Le Règne Animal Distribué d'Après son Organisation, pour Servir de Base a l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux et d'Introduction a l'Anatomie Comparée par M. Le Baron Cuvier. Nouvelle Édition, Revue et Augmentée. Vol. 4. Crustacés, Arachnides et Partie des Insectes. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard. [The Animal Kingdom Distributed According to its Organization, to Serve as a Basis for the Natural History of Animals and as an Introduction to Comparative Anatomy by Mr. Baron Cuvier. New Edition, Revised and Augmented. Vol. 4. Crustaceans, Arachnids and Part of Insects. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard]. <em>In: G. Cuvier, Le Regne Animal, 3nd ed., Paris, 4: 99-101.</em> xxvii + 584 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33374495#page/9/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Pterisopodus Boone, 1918) Boone, P.L. (1919). Description of ten new isopods. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 54: 591-604., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15724442 [details]
original description (of Emphylia Koelbel, 1879) Koelbel, K. (1879). Über einige neue Cymothoiden. <em>Sitzungberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Nautwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 78(2): 401-416, pls. 1-2. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Ichthyophilus Latreille, 1829) Latreille, [P.A.]. (1829). Le Règne Animal Distribué d'Après son Organisation, pour Servir de Base a l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux et d'Introduction a l'Anatomie Comparée par M. Le Baron Cuvier. Nouvelle Édition, Revue et Augmentée. Vol. 4. Crustacés, Arachnides et Partie des Insectes. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard. [The Animal Kingdom Distributed According to its Organization, to Serve as a Basis for the Natural History of Animals and as an Introduction to Comparative Anatomy by Mr. Baron Cuvier. New Edition, Revised and Augmented. Vol. 4. Crustaceans, Arachnids and Part of Insects. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard]. <em>In: G. Cuvier, Le Regne Animal, 3nd ed., Paris, 4: 99-101.</em> xxvii + 584 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33374495#page/9/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Pterisopodus Boone, 1918) Boone, P.L. (1919). Description of ten new isopods. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 54: 591-604., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15724442 [details]
original description (of Emphylia Koelbel, 1879) Koelbel, K. (1879). Über einige neue Cymothoiden. <em>Sitzungberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Nautwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 78(2): 401-416, pls. 1-2. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Bruce, N. L. (1987). Australian species of <i>Nerocila</i> Leach, 1818, and <i>Creniola</i> n. gen. (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), crustacean parasites of marine fishes. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 39: 355-412. [details] Available for editors 
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context source (PeRMS)
Delgado, J. G. Z.; Conde, E. G. T.; Miranda, J. D. H. (2021). Lista sistemática de isópodos marinos del Perú, primer registro de" Isocladus bahamondei" Carvacho, 1997 (Crustacea, Peracarida) y aportes de su ecología para la costa peruana. <em>Revista de Investigaciones Marinas.</em> 41(2), 22-35. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
