Marine bug
Aepophilus bonnairei Signoret, 1879
Status not recordedinsects
The marine bug (Aepophilus bonnairei) is a species in the family Aepophilidae, order Hemiptera.
No freely licensed photo yet
Quick facts about the marine bug
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the marine bug live?
Not recorded
Is the marine bug endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the marine bug classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyAepophilidae
- genusAepophilus
- SpeciesAepophilus bonnairei Signoret, 1879
Other names and names in other languages (2)
- Marine rock bugEnglish
- Punaise des estransFrench
Relatives of the marine bug
Other species in the same order Hemiptera.

Common bed bug
Cimex lectularius

Phylloxera
Daktulosphaira vitifoliae

Cochineal
Dactylopius coccus

Firebug
Pyrrhocoris apterus
Brown marmorated stink bug
Halyomorpha halys
Green stink bug
Nezara viridula
CompareMarine bug vs Common bed bugMarine bug vs PhylloxeraMarine bug vs CochinealMarine bug vs Firebug
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the marine bug?
The marine bug (Aepophilus bonnairei) belongs to the family Aepophilidae in the order Hemiptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - EltonTraits 1.0: species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals · CC0 1.0 · 1.0
Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
Embed a card for this animal on your own site
Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.
CreatureData. (2026). Marine bug (Aepophilus bonnairei). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/marine-bug
“Marine bug (Aepophilus bonnairei).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/marine-bug.
@misc{marine_bug_2026,
title = {Marine bug (Aepophilus bonnairei)},
author = {{CreatureData}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/marine-bug},
note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}