Exuvium Isopods

updated: 17 November 2025; read time: 4 min.

Here you can find where a synonym taxon name leads to. And also the correct form of taxon names. For example I see quite often, taxon names written with a single i whereas it should be written with two ii instead. This is a very useful page, since it helps you not getting the same isopod twice, thrice etc. Just because you saw it with a different name it doesn’t mean it’s a new / rare isopod.

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• Armadillidium cf. albanicum ‘Split’ → accepted: Armadillidium klugii ‘Split’
• Armadillidium cf. klugii ‘Split’ → accepted: Armadillidium klugii ‘Split’
• Armadillidium perrracea → correct: Armadillidium peraccae
• Armadillo intermixtus ‘Starsky’ → accepted: Dryadillo sp. ‘Starsky’
• Balta notulata → correct: Blatta notulata
• Cubaris caerulea → accepted: Ardentiella caerulea
• Cubaris iriomotensis → accepted: Cubaris murina
• Cubaris sp. ‘Dream’ → accepted: Spherillo sp ‘Dream’
• Cubaris sp. ‘Electric Blue’ → temporary: Armadillidae sp. ‘Electric Blue’
• Cubaris sp. ‘Electric Spark’ (synonym of Armadillidae sp. ‘Electric Blue’)
• Cubaris sp. ‘Green Spots’ → accepted: Troglodillo sp. ‘Green Spots’
• Cubaris sp. ‘Kumquat’ → accepted: Spherillo sp. ‘Kumquat’
• Cubaris sp. ‘Mandarin’ → possibly: Cubaris sp. ‘Giant Mandarin’
• Cubaris sp. ‘Red Tiger’ → accepted: Nesodillo sp. ‘Red Tiger’
• Cubaris sp. ‘Salmon’ → accepted: Caribodillo martinicensis
• Cubaris sp. ‘Shiro Utsuri’ → accepted: Nesodillo arcangelii ‘Shiro Utsuri’
• Cubaris sp. ‘Shrub’ → accepted: Spherillo sp ‘Dream’
• Cubaris sp. ‘Sunset Queen’ → accepted: Troglodillo sp. ‘Sunset’
• Cubaris sp. ‘White Side’ → preferred: Cubaris sp. ‘Penguin’
• Cubaris sp. ‘White Tiger’ → accepted: Troglodillo sp. ‘White Tiger’

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• Dryadillo sp. ‘Dream’ → accepted: Spherillo sp ‘Dream’
• Eluma caelatus → correct: Eluma caelata
• Eucorydia dasytoides → accepted: Eucorydia aenea subsp. dasytoides
• Isopoda sp. ‘Dream’ → accepted: Spherillo sp ‘Dream’
• Isopoda sp. ‘Shrub’ → accepted: Spherillo sp. ‘Dream’

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• Merulanella spp. → proposed: Ardentiella spp. (only what was currently known as Merulanella)
• Merulanella bicolorata → accepted: Ardentiella bicolorata
• Merulanella caerulea → accepted: Ardentiella caerulea
• Merulanella sp. ‘Black Hole’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Black Hole’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Blister’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Blister’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Crimson Diablo’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Crimson Diablo’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Crimson Pink Lambo’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Crimson Pink Lambo’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Diablo’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Diablo’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Dream’ → accepted: Spherillo sp ‘Dream’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Ember Bee’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Ember Bee’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Hornet’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Hornet’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Lava’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Lava’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Mayalanka’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Mayalanka’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Milky Edge’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Milky Edge’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Orange Phoenix’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Orange Phoenix’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Pastel’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Pastel’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Phantom’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Phantom’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Phoenix’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Phoenix’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Pink Hornet’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Pink Hornet’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Pink Lambo’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Pink Lambo’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Pink Lemonade’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Pink Lemonade’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Quadcolor’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Quadcolor’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Red Diablo’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Red Diablo’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Red Head’ → preferred: Sinodillo sp. ‘Red Head’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Red Side’ → preferred: Sinodillo sp. ‘Red Head’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Scarlet’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Scarlet’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Starsky’ → accepted: Dryadillo sp. ‘Starsky’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Tricolor’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Tricolor’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Vietnam’ → preferred: Sinodillo sp. ‘Red Head’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Volcano’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Volcano’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Yellow Arrow’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Yellow Arrow’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Yellow Bee’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Yellow Bee’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Yellow Hornet’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Yellow Hornet’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Yellow Pastel’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Yellow Pastel’
• Merulanella sp. ‘Yellow Phoenix’ → accepted: Ardentiella sp. ‘Yellow Phoenix’

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• Porcellio beaticensis → correct: Porcellio baeticensis
• Porcellio echinatus ‘Orange Skirt’ → accepted: Porcellio sp. ‘Orange Skirt’
• Porcellio hoffmannseggii hoffmannseggii → accepted: Porcellio hoffmannseggii
• Porcellio hoffmannseggii ‘Ultra White Antenna’ → accepted: Porcellio cf. magnificus ‘Ultra White Antenna’
• Porcellio laevis ‘Panda’ → preferred: Porcellio laevis ‘Dairy Cow’ (and not diary cow 😁)
• Porcellio leavis → correct: Porcellio laevis
• Porcellio ornatus ‘Tangerine Dream’ → correct: Porcellio pseudornatus ‘Tangerine Dream’
• Porcellio ornatus ‘Zebra’ → accepted: Porcellio pseudornatus ‘Zebra’
• Porcellio sp. ‘Green Galaxy’ → preferred: Porcellio sp. ‘Alanya’
• Porcellio sp. ‘Malaga Monster’ → accepted: Porcellio pseudornatus
• Porcellio sp. ‘Zebra’ → preferred: Porcellio sp. ‘Antalya’
• Porcellio sp. ‘Yellow Dots’ → preferred: Porcellio sp. ‘Alanya’
• Porcellio vulcanicus → correct: Proporcellio vulcanius
• Porcellio vulcanius → correct: Proporcellio vulcanius
• Proporcellio vulcanicus → correct: Proporcellio vulcanius
• Sinodillo sp. ‘China’ → accepted: Sinodillo sp. ‘Red Head’
• Sinodillo sp. ‘Vietnam’ → accepted: Sinodillo sp. ‘Red Head’
• Spirobolus caudulanus → accepted: Atopochetus caudulanus
• Pseudoglomeris magnifica → accepted: Corydidarum magnifica
• Spirobolus dollfusii → accepted: Atopochetus dollfusii
• Spirostreptus gregorius → accepted: Analocostreptus gregorius
• Spirostreptus sp. 2 → accepted: Analocostreptus gregorius
• Tonkinbolus caudulanus → accepted: Atopochetus caudulanus
• Tonkinbolus dollfusii → accepted: Atopochetus dollfusii
• Troglodillo sp. ‘Orange Mask’ → possibly: Troglodillo sp. ‘Sunset’

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