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Danalia gregaria Caullery, 1908

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Danalia gregaria Caullery, 1908
Name authority
Caullery, 1908
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Isopoda
Family
Cryptoniscidae
Genus
Danalia
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumCrustacea
  5. classMalacostraca
  6. orderIsopoda Latreille, 1816
  7. suborderEpicaridea Latreille, 1825
  8. superfamilyCryptoniscoidea Kossmann, 1880
  9. familyCryptoniscidae Kossmann, 1880
  10. genusDanalia Giard, 1887
  11. speciesDanalia gregaria Caullery, 1908

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Danalia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Danalia caulleryi Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1923CryptoniscidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Danalia cervix Boyko & van der Meij, 2018CryptoniscidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Danalia galea Boyko & van der Meij, 2018CryptoniscidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Danalia hapalocarcini Fize, 1955CryptoniscidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Danalia larvaeformis (Giard, 1874)CryptoniscidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Danalia pellucida Giard, 1887CryptoniscidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Danalia vesica Boyko & van der Meij, 2018CryptoniscidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 8 records assigned to Cryptoniscidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Caullery, M. (1908). Recherches sur les Liriopsidae, épicarides cryptonisciens parasites des rhizocéphales. Mittheilungen Aus Der Zoologischen Station Zu Neapel, 18: 583–643, pl. 26. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:343S4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.