Species Amphithyrus sculpturatus Claus, 1879

Museums

Regional Maps

• Amphithyrus sculpturatus Claus, C. 1879. Die Gattungen und Arten der Platysceliden in Systematischer Uebersicht. Arbeiten aus dem Zoologischen Institut der Universitat Wien 2: 147-198 [reprint numbered as pp. 1–52] [162].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂ (lost), Atlantic Ocean.

  Secondary source:

   Stephensen, K. 1925. Hyperiidea — Amphipoda (Part 3: Lycaeopsidae, Pronoidae, Lycaeidae, Brachyscelidae, Oxycephalidae, Parascelidae, Platyscelidae). Report of the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908–1910 to the Mediterranean and adjacent Seas. Ser. A 12 5: 151-252 [226].
• Amphithyrus orientalis Stebbing, T.R.R. 1888. Report on the Amphipoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 29: i-xxiv + 1-1713, 210 pls (3 vols) [1485, pl. 210(B)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 89.5.15.270 ♂, between Japan and Honolulu [35°N].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Zeidler, W. 1978. Hyperiidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Queensland waters. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 59: 1-93 [41]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical, circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 mile fishing zone: NE oceanic, SE oceanic, W oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, pelagic.

 

General References

Tranter, H.A. 1977. Further studies of plankton ecosystems in the Eastern Indian Ocean. VII. Ecology of the Amphipoda. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 28: 645-662 [651]

Zeidler, W. 1978. Hyperiidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Queensland waters. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 59: 1-93 [41]

Zeidler, W. 1984. Distribution and abundance of some Hyperiidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in northern Queensland waters. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 35: 285-305 [295, 300]

Zeidler, W. 1998. Pelagic amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea) collected from eastern and south-eastern Australian waters by the CSIRO vessel "Warreen" during the years 1938–1941. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) Monograph Series 4: 1-143 [114]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA	29-Apr-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022		22-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		16-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		09-Mar-2010	MODIFIED