Species Brachyscelus crusculum Spence Bate, 1861
- Brachyscelus crusculum Spence Bate, C. 1861. On the morphology of some Amphipoda of the division Hyperina. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 8(43): 1-16 pls 1-2 [7, pl. 2 figs 1, 2].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (lost), locality unknown. - Brachyscelus acuticaudatus 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) [1555, pl. 197(C)].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 89.5.15.306 ♀, Pacific Ocean. - Brachyscelus stebbingi Boone, L. 1935. Scientific results of the World Cruise of yacht "Alva", 1931, William K. Vanderbilt, Commanding. Crustacea: Anomura, Macrura, Euphausiacea, Isopoda, Amphipoda anbd Echinodermata: Asteroidea and Echinoidea. Bulletin of the Vanderbilt Marine Museum 6: 1-264 [226, pls 67-68].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, off Fuerte Ventura, Canary Islands.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [96]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Tropical and temperate, circumglobal, common and widely distributed.
Ecological Descriptors
Marine, pelagic.
General References
Dakin, W.J. & Colefax, A.N. 1940. The plankton of the Australian coastal waters off New South Wales. Part I. Publications of the University of Sydney, Department of Zoology. Monograph 1: 1-215 [123, fig.. 212]
Hurley, D.E. 1969. Amphipoda Hyperiidea. pp. 32-34, sheets 1-2 in American Geographical Society (ed.). Antarctic Map Folio Series, Folio 11. Distribution of selected groups of marine invertebrates in waters south of 35ºS latitude. New York : American Geographical Society. [pl. 19 (map 8)]
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 [650]
Zeidler, W. 1978. Hyperiidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Queensland waters. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 59: 1-93 [28, figs 28-29]
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 [96]
Zeidler, W. 2021. A review of the hyperiidean amphipod family Brachyscelidae Stephensen, 1923 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea). Zootaxa 5026: 405-439 [409] (diagnosis)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 | 10-May-2022 | MODIFIED | |
05-Aug-2022 | BRACHYSCELIDAE Stephensen, 1923 | 24-Feb-2022 | MODIFIED | |
05-Aug-2022 | BRACHYSCELIDAE Stephensen, 1923 | 24-Feb-2022 | MODIFIED | |
05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 | 24-Sep-2021 | MODIFIED | |
05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 | 01-Aug-2018 | MODIFIED | Dr Shane Ahyong |
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 |