Subgenus Gammaropsis (Gammaropsis) Liljeborg, 1855

Museums

Regional Maps

• Gammaropsis Liljeborg, W. 1855. Öfversigt af de inom Skandinavien hittills funna arterna af slägtet Gammarus Fabr. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 1853: 443-460 [455].

  Type species:

   Gammarus erythrophthalmus Liljeborg, 1855 by subsequent designation, see Boeck, A. 1876. De Skandinaviske og Arktiske Amphipoder. Part 2. Christiania : A.W. Brögger pp. 1-713, pls 168-132. [580].

  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); Stebbing, T.R.R. 1906. Amphipoda I. Gammaridae. Das Tierreich 21: 1-806.
• Eurystheus Spence Bate, C. 1857. A synopsis of the British edriophthalmous Crustacea. Part I. Amphipoda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 19: 135-152 [143].

  Type species:

   Eurystheus tridentatus Bate, 1857 by monotypy.
• Maeroides Walker, A.O. 1898. Crustacea collected by W.A. Herdman, F.R.S., in Puget Sound, Pacific coast of North America, September, 1897. Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society 12: 268-287 pls 15-16 [282].

  Type species:

   Maeroides thompsoni Walker, 1898 by monotypy.
• Fimbriella Stout, V.R. 1913. Studies in Laguna Amphipoda. II. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 34: 633-659 [642].

  Type species:

   Fimbriella robusta Stout, 1913 by monotypy.

 

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 [190]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

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), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

• South Africa

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast
  • New South Wales: Lower E coast
• Australian Antarctic Territory
• New Zealand
  • North Island

Oriental Region

• Maldives
• Sri Lanka

Distribution References

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	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