Genus Chelura Philippi, 1839

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chelura Philippi, A. 1839. Einige zoologische Notizen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 5: 113-134 pls 3-4 [120].

  Type species:

   Chelura terebrans Philippi, 1839 by monotypy.
• Nemertes White, A. 1847. List of the Specimens of Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. London : E. Newman Vol. 8 143 pp. [90] [nom. nud.].

 

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 [128]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

North Atlantic, American and European coasts, North Sea, Mediterranean, Black Sea, South Africa and New Zealand.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, Lower W coast
• New Zealand
  • North Island

Nearctic Region

• United States of America
  • Massachusetts

Palaearctic Region

• United Kingdom

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA	12-Feb-2013	MOVED	Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022		22-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		19-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		09-Mar-2010	MODIFIED