Genus Platyscelus Spence Bate, 1861

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• Platyscelus Spence Bate, C. 1861. On the morphology of some Amphipoda of the division Hyperina. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 8(43): 1-16 pls 1-2 [4].

  Type species:

   Platyscelus serratus Bate, 1862 by monotypy.
• Typhis Risso, A. 1816. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés des environs de Nice. Paris : Libraire Grecque-Latine-Allemande 176 pp. 3 pls. [122] [junior homonym; junior homonym of Typhis Montfort, 1810 (Mollusca)].

  Type species:

   Typhis ovoides Risso, 1816 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) [97, 1462].
• Eutyphis 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] [151] [nom. nov. for Typhis Risso, 1816].
• Eutyphes Bovallius, C. 1887. Systematical list of the Amphipoda Hyperiidea. Bihang till Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 11(16): 1-50 [45] [unjustified emendation for Eutyphis Claus, 1879].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Vinogradov, M.E., Volkov, A.F. & Semenova, T.N. 1982. Amphipoda — Hyperiidea of the World Ocean. Nauka Leningrad U.S.S.R. Opred. po Faune S.S.S.R 132: 1-491 [in Russian] [439]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread in tropical and subtemperate regions.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), 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, SE oceanic, W oceanic

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816	01-Aug-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Shane Ahyong
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA	07-Jul-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022		22-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		16-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		09-Mar-2010	MODIFIED