Species Eupronoe armata Claus, 1879

Museums

Regional Maps

• Eupronoe armata 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] [174].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (lost), Atlantic Ocean, Zanzibar (Indian Ocean) and Ombai Strait (Indonesia).
• Eupronoe serrata Claus, C. 1887. Die Platysceliden. Vienna : Alfred Holder 77 pp. 25 pls. [52, pl. 14 figs 1-6 (plate captioned E. armata)] [based on female specimen mentioned in Claus, C. 1879. Die Gattungen und Arten der Platysceliden in Systematischer Uebersicht. Arb. Zool. Inst. Univ. Wien. 2: 147–198 [reprint numbered as pp. 1–52] (174); several authors incorrectly attributed the new species description to Claus, 1879].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀ (lost), Indian Ocean, Zanzibar.

  Secondary source:

   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]; 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) [492].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Tashiro, J.E. 1978. Comparison of Eupronoe armata Claus, 1879, and Eupronoe intermedia Stebbing, 1888 (Amphipoda, Hyperiidea). Crustaceana 34(1): 76-82

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical, circumglobal (except central-east Pacific Ocean).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 mile fishing zone: NE oceanic, W oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, pelagic.

 

General References

Tranter, H.A. 1977. Further studies of plankton ecosystems in the Eastern Indian Ocean. VII. Ecology of the Amphipoda. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 28: 645-662 [650]

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

 

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		16-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		09-Mar-2010	MODIFIED