''Rocinela'' is a genus of

isopod Isopoda is an order of crustaceans that includes woodlice and their relatives. Isopods live in the sea, in fresh water, or on land. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, an ...

s in the family Aegidae, and was first described in 1818 by

William Elford Leach William Elford Leach FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836) was an English zoologist and marine biologist. Life and work Elford Leach was born at Hoe Gate, Plymouth, the son of an attorney. At the age of twelve he began a medical appren ...

.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:

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on 2022-12-04Leach, W.E. 1818
Cymothoadées
pp. 338-358 in ''Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles''. Paris : Strasbourg et Levrault Vol. 12. 49/ref> The type species is ''Rocinela danmoniensis'' Leach, 1818.

Species

Species accepted by WoRMS: *'' Rocinela affinis'' *'' Rocinela americana'' *'' Rocinela angustata'' *'' Rocinela australis'' *'' Rocinela belliceps'' *'' Rocinela bonita'' *'' Rocinela cornuta'' {{small, Richardson, 1898 *'' Rocinela cubensis'' {{small, Richardson, 1898 *'' Rocinela danmoniensis'' {{small, Leach, 1818 *'' Rocinela dumerilii'' {{small, (Lucas, 1849) *'' Rocinela garricki'' {{small, Hurley, 1957 *'' Rocinela granulosa'' {{small, Barnard, 1914 *'' Rocinela hawaiiensis'' {{small, Richardson, 1904 *'' Rocinela insularis'' {{small, Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 *'' Rocinela japonica'' {{small, Richardson, 1898 *'' Rocinela juvenalis'' {{small, Menzies & George, 1972 *'' Rocinela kapala'' {{small, Bruce, 1988 *'' Rocinela laticauda'' {{small, Hansen, 1897 *'' Rocinela leptopus'' {{small, Bruce, 2009 *'' Rocinela lukini'' {{small, Vasina, 1993 *'' Rocinela maculata'' {{small, Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 *'' Rocinela media'' {{small, Nierstrasz, 1931 *'' Rocinela modesta'' {{small, Hansen, 1897 *'' Rocinela murilloi'' {{small, Brusca & Iverson, 1985 *'' Rocinela niponia'' {{small, Richardson, 1909 *'' Rocinela oculata'' {{small, Harger, 1883 *'' Rocinela ophthalmica'' {{small, Milne Edwards, 1840 *'' Rocinela orientalis'' {{small, Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 *'' Rocinela pakari'' {{small, Bruce, 2009 *'' Rocinela patriciae'' {{small, Brasil Lima, 1986 *'' Rocinela propodialis'' {{small, Richardson, 1905 *'' Rocinela resima'' {{small, Bruce, 2009 *'' Rocinela richardsonae'' {{small, Nierstrasz, 1931 *'' Rocinela runga'' {{small, Bruce, 2009 *'' Rocinela satagia'' {{small, Bruce, 2009 *'' Rocinela signata'' {{small, Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 *'' Rocinela sila'' {{small, Hale, 1925 *'' Rocinela tridens'' {{small, Hatch, 1947 *'' Rocinela tropica'' {{small, Brasil Lima, 1986 *'' Rocinela tuberculosa'' {{small, Richardson, 1898 *'' Rocinela wetzeri'' {{small, Brusca & France, 1992

References

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External links

iNaturalist: ''Rocinela'' imagesGBIF: ''Rocinela'' occurrence data & images
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