Species Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836

Museums

Regional Maps

• Caprella scaura Templeton, R. 1836. Descriptions of some undescribed exotic Crustacea. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1: 185-198 pls 20-22 [191, pl. 20 fig. 6].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Riviere Noire, Mauritius.
• Caprella nodosa Templeton, R. 1836. Descriptions of some undescribed exotic Crustacea. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1: 185-198 pls 20-22 [192, pl. 21 fig. 7].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Mauritius.
• Caprella cornuta Dana, J.D. 1853. Crustacea, Part II. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. 14: 689-1618 [816, pl. 54 fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (lost), "…near the fort, not far from Praya Grande, Rio de Janeiro", Brazil.
• Caprella cornuta obtusirostris Dana, J.D. 1853. Crustacea, Part II. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. 14: 689-1618 [817, pl. 54 fig. 6].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (lost), "…near the fort, not far from Praya Grande, Rio de Janeiro", Brazil.
• Caprella attenuata Dana, J.D. 1853. Crustacea, Part II. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. 14: 689-1618 [817, pl. 55 fig. 1a-b,d-g].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (lost), "…near the fort, not far from Praya Grande, Rio de Janeiro", Brazil.
• Caprella attenuata subtenuis Dana, J.D. 1853. Crustacea, Part II. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. 14: 689-1618 [818, pl. 55 fig. 1c].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (lost), "…near the fort, not far from Praya Grande, Rio de Janeiro", Brazil.
• Caprella scaura typica Mayer, P. 1890. Die Caprelliden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeresabschnitte. Fauna Flora Golfe Neapel 17: 1-157 pls 1-7 [71, pl. 4 figs 48, 49].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• Caprella scaura diceros Mayer, P. 1890. Die Caprelliden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeresabschnitte. Fauna Flora Golfe Neapel 17: 1-157 pls 1-7 [71].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, off Kobe, Japan.
• Caprella scaura hamata Utinomi, H. 1947. Caprellidae of Japan and adjacent waters. Seibutu suppl. 1: 68-82 [in Japanese] [77, fig. 7].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, several localities in Japan.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• McCain, J.C. & Steinberg, J.E. 1970. Part 2. Amphipoda I Caprellidea I Fam. Caprellidae. pp. 1-78 in Gruner, H.-E & Holthuis, L.B. (eds). Crustaceorum Catalogus. Den Haag : Dr W. Junk N.V. [37]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Temperate, cosmopolitan.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast, S Gulfs coast

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Epizoic.

 

General References

Arimoto, I. 1976. Taxonomic studies of caprellids (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Caprellidae) found in the Japanese and adjacent waters. Special Publications of the Seto Marine Biology Laboratory, Kyoto University 3: 1-229 [146-156]

Hale, H.M. 1929. The Crustaceans of South Australia. Adelaide : Government Printer Vol. 2 201-380 pp. [234]

Jones, A.R. 1987. Temporal patterns in the macobenthic communities of the Hawkesbury Estuary, New South Wales. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 38: 607-624

Jones, A.R., Watson-Russell, C.J. & Murray, A. 1986. Spatial patterns in the macrobenthic communities of the Hawkesbury Estuary, New South Wales. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 37: 521-543

 

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		08-Jun-2011	MOVED
05-Aug-2022		31-Mar-2010	ADDED
		09-Mar-2010	MODIFIED