Rocinela is a genus of isopods in the family Aegidae, and was first described in 1818 by William Elford Leach.[1][2] The type species is Rocinela danmoniensis Leach, 1818.[3]

Rocinela
Rocinela murilloi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Aegidae
Genus: Rocinela
Leach, 1818[1]
Type species
Rocinela danmoniensis
Leach, 1818

Species

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Species accepted by WoRMS:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Bruce, Niel L.; Schotte, M. (2015). Rocinela Leach, 1818. In: Boyko, C.B; Bruce, N.L.; Merrin, K. L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S.; Schotte, M. & Wilson, G.D.F. (Eds) (2008 onwards) World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2022-12-04
  2. ^ Leach, W.E. 1818. Cymothoadées pp. 338-358 in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Paris : Strasbourg et Levrault Vol. 12. [349]
  3. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Rocinela". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
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