Genus Ampithoe Leach, 1814

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ampithoe Leach, W.E. 1814. Crustaceology. pp. 383-437 in Brewster, D. Sir (ed.). The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Edinburgh : John Murray Baldwin & Cradocle Vol. 7 (2). [432].

  Type species:

   Cancer (Gammarus) rubricatus Montagu, 1808 by monotypy.
• Anisopus Templeton, R. 1836. Descriptions of some undescribed exotic Crustacea. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1: 185-198 pls 20-22 [185] [junior homonym of Anisopus Meigen, 1803].

  Type species:

   Anisopus dubius Templeton, 1836 by monotypy.
• Amphitoe Dana, J.D. 1852. Conspectus crustaceorum quae in Orbis Terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e Class Reipublicae Faederatae Duce, lexit et descripsit Jacobus D. Dana. Pars III. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2: 201-220 [213] [incorrect spelling for Ampithoe Leach, 1814].
• Amphithoe Dana, J.D. 1852. On the classification of the Crustacea Choristopoda or Tetradecapoda. American Journal of Science and Arts 2 14(41): 297-316 [312] [incorrect spelling for Ampithoe Leach, 1814].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Barnard, J.L. & Karaman, G.S. 1991. The families and genera of marine gammaridean Amphipoda (except marine gammaroids). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 13: 1-866 [102]

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

AMPITHOIDAE: Ampithoe rubricata (Montagu, 1818) [Australian records now known to be an unknown species] — Spence Bate, C. 1862. Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum 399 pp. 58 pls. (recorded this species as Amphithoe littorina Bate, 1857); Lowry, J.K. in Lowry, J.K. & Stoddart, H.E. 2003. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida: Amphipoda, Cumacea, Mysidacea. In Beesley, P.L. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.2B. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xii 531 pp. (excluded this species)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

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), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Gulf of Carp., Lower E coast, S Gulfs coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: SE oceanic
  • New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
  • Queensland: Great Barrier Reef
  • Victoria: Bass Strait
  • Western Australia: Central W coast, Lower W coast, SW coast

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	PERACARIDA Calman, 1904	05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED	Lauren Timms (NMV) Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV)
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816	17-May-2022	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816	05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816	05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED	Dr Shane Ahyong
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA	05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED	Dr Shane Ahyong (AM)
05-Aug-2022	AMPITHOIDAE Boeck, 1871	05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA	06-Aug-2014	MOVED	Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022	AMPITHOIDAE Boeck, 1871	05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED	Lyn Randall
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA	06-Feb-2013	MOVED	Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022		05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		08-Jun-2011	MOVED
05-Aug-2022		05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED
		05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED