Genus Corophium Latreille, 1806
Type species:
Gammarus longicornis Fabricius, 1779 by monotypy.Secondary source:
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) [79]; Lincoln, R.J. 1979. British Marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. London : British Museum (Natural History) 658 pp. [522].- Audouinia Costa, A. in Hope, F.W. 1851. Catalogo dei crostacei Italiani e di molti altri de Mediterraneo per Fr. Gugl. Hope. Napoli : Stabilimento Tipografico di Fr. Azzolino Vico Gerolomini num. 10, 48 pp., 2 figs. [24] [nom. nud.].
Secondary source:
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) [249]; Lincoln, R.J. 1979. British Marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. London : British Museum (Natural History) 658 pp. [522].
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
COROPHIIDAE: Corophium volutator (Pallas, 1766) [Australian records of C. volutator refer to an undescribed species] — 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 (recorded the species); 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 (recorded the species); Lowry, J.K. in Lowry, J.K. & Stoddart, H.E. 2003. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida: Amphipoda, Cumacea, Mysidacea. In Beesley, P.L. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.2B. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xii 531 pp. (excluded this species)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
North Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, western South Pacific Ocean.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
IMCRA
Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, Tas. Coast
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
- Queensland: Central E coast
- Victoria: SE coastal
- Western Australia: SW coast, SW coastal
General References
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 [184]
Lowry, J.K. 2004. A new species of Corophium from eastern Australian estuaries (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Corophiidae: Corophiinae). Zootaxa 754: 1-10
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 | PERACARIDA Calman, 1904 | 13-Dec-2024 | MODIFIED | Lauren Timms (NMV) Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV) |
| 05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 | 13-Dec-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 | 13-Dec-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 | 13-Dec-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Shane Ahyong |
| 05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA | 13-Dec-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Shane Ahyong (AM) |
| 05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA | 13-Dec-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Jim Lowry (AM) |
| 05-Aug-2022 | 13-Dec-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 13-Dec-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
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