Genus Figorella Barnard, 1962

Museums

Regional Maps

• Figorella Barnard, J.L. 1962. South Atlantic abyssal amphipods collected by R.V. Vema. Abyssal Crustacea, Vema Research Series 1: 1-78 [24].

  Type species:

   Figorella tanidea Barnard, 1962 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Figorella appears to be a mainly deep-sea group, occurring from eastern Indonesia, Australia and New Caledonia through to the Southern Ocean and Antarctic Peninsula

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Distribution References

General References

Barnard, J.L. 1969. The families and genera of marine gammaridean Amphipoda. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 271: 1-535 [343]

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 [487]

Lowry, J.K. 1984. Systematics of the pachynid group of lysianassoid Amphipoda (Crustacea). Records of the Australian Museum 36(2): 51-105 [86]

Lowry, J.K. & Stoddart, H.E. 2012. The Pachynidae fam. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea). Zootaxa 3246: 1-69 [21]

Ren, S. & Huang, L. 1991. Studies on Gammaridea and Caprellidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the northwest waters of the Antarctic Peninsula. Studia Marina Sinica 32: 187-323 [in Chinese and English] [245]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA	06-Feb-2013	MOVED	Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022		26-Apr-2012	MOVED
05-Aug-2022		17-Oct-2011	MODIFIED
		09-Mar-2010	MODIFIED