Species Talitroides topitotum (Burt, 1934)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Talitrus (Talitropsis) topitotum Burt, D.R.R. 1934. On the amphipod genus Talitrus, with a description of a new species from Ceylon, Talitrus (Talitropsis) topitotum, sub. gen. et sp. nov. Spolia Zeylanica 18(2): 181-191 pls 12-13 [184, text fig. 1, pls 12, 13].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown about 20 specimens, Hatton, Sri Lanka (as Ceylon).
• Talitrus decoratus Carl, J. 1934. Un amphipode terrestre des Nilgiris Talitrus decoratus n. sp. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 41(42): 741-748 [743, figs 1-6].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Nilgiris, India.

  Secondary source:

   Hurley, D.E. 1975. A possible subdivision of the terrestrial genus Talitrus (Crustacea Amphipoda: family Talitridae). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Records 2(14): 157-170.
• Talitrus (Talitroides) pacificus Hurley, D.E. 1955. Studies on the New Zealand amphipodan fauna. No. 8. Terrestrial amphipods of the genus Talitrus Latr. Pacific Science 9: 144-157 [155, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) CMNZ slides 11–15 (N1–N5), Norfolk Island.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bousfield, E.L. 1982. The amphipod superfamily Talitroidea in the northeastern Pacific region. I. Family Talitridae: Systematics and distributional ecology. National Museum of Canada, Publications in Biological Oceanography 11: i-vii, 1-73 [55]

 

Generic Combinations

• Talitroides topitotum (Burt, 1934). —
  Bousfield, E.L. 1982. The amphipod superfamily Talitroidea in the northeastern Pacific region. I. Family Talitridae: Systematics and distributional ecology. National Museum of Canada, Publications in Biological Oceanography 11: i-vii, 1-73 [55]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Sri Lanka, India, Hong Kong, warm temperate cosmopolitan, apparently introduced to many areas, original distribution uncertain.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, soil dweller, terrestrial.

 

General References

Friend, J.A. & Lam, P.K.S. 1985. Occurrence of the terrestrial amphipod Talitroides topitotum (Burt) on Hong Kong Island. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 10(1): 27-33 [in Chinese]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA	06-Feb-2013	MOVED	Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022		18-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		22-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		14-Jul-2010	ADDED
05-Aug-2022		30-Jun-2010	MODIFIED
		09-Mar-2010	MODIFIED