Family CHEIROCRATIDAE Ren, 2006
Prosocratus carolinae
© Copyright from Coleman & Lowry, 2009: fig. 1
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Family CHEIROCRATIDAE Ren, 2006
Introduction
The family Cheirocratidae was recently named officially by Ren (2006) in the first volume of his monograph on the amphipods of China. There are currently six genera in the family. They were not recorded from Australia until Barnard and Drummond (1982) documented them from Port Phillip in southern Victoria. Coleman and Lowry (2009) recently recorded cheirocratids from Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef. Nothing is known about their biology.
General References
Barnard, J.L. & Drummond, M.M. 1982. Discovery of Cheirocratus (Crustacea: Amphipoda) on Australian shores. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 94(3): 107-120
Coleman, C.O. & Lowry, J.K. 2009. Cheirocratidae. pp. 333-338 in Lowry, J.K. & Myers, A.A. (eds). Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa 2260: 1-930
Ren, X. 2006. Crustacea Amphipoda Gammaridea (I). Fauna Sinica, Invertebrata 41: 1-558
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 | 12-Jun-2018 | MODIFIED | Dr Shane Ahyong |
| 05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA | 06-Feb-2013 | MOVED | Dr Jim Lowry (AM) |
| 05-Aug-2022 | 22-Nov-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 16-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |