Species Brachyscelus globiceps (Claus, 1879)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Thamyris globiceps 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] [182].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (lost), Zanzibar, Indian Ocean.
• Brachyscelus bovallii 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) [1553, pl. 197(A)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 89.5.15.305 ♂, South Pacific Ocean.
• Brachyscelus latipes 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) [1550, pl. 197(B)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 89.5.15.304 ♀, South Pacific Ocean.
• Thamyris antipodes 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. [335, pl. 53 fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (lost), near the Antipodes [58°S 172°W].

  Secondary source:

   Zeidler, W. 2021. A review of the hyperiidean amphipod family Brachyscelidae Stephensen, 1923 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea). Zootaxa 5026: 405-439 [416] (synonymy).
• Thamyris mediterranea Claus, 1887.

  Secondary source:

   Zeidler, W. 2021. A review of the hyperiidean amphipod family Brachyscelidae Stephensen, 1923 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea). Zootaxa 5026: 405-439 [416] (synonymy).

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]

Generic Combinations

• Brachyscelus globiceps (Claus, 1879).

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical, Indo-south Pacific Oceans.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, pelagic.

General References

Barnard, K.H. 1931. Amphipoda. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4: 111-135 [130]

Zeidler, W. 1992. Hyperiid amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea) collected recently from eastern Australian waters. Records of the Australian Museum 44(1): 85-133

Zeidler, W. 2021. A review of the hyperiidean amphipod family Brachyscelidae Stephensen, 1923 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea). Zootaxa 5026: 405-439 [416]

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