Genus Hyperia Latreille, 1823

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hyperia Latreille, P.A. in Desmarest, A.-G. 1823. Malacostracés. In, Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Paris & Strasbourg Vol. 8 pp. 138–425. [138].

  Type species:

   Hyperia suerii Latreille, 1823 by monotypy (a junior objective synonym of Cancer medusarum Muller, 1776).

  Secondary source:

   Bowman, T.E. 1973. Pelagic amphipods of the genus Hyperia and closely related genera (Hyperiidea: Hyperiidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 136: 1-76 [5].

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

HYPERIDAE: Hyperia galba (Montagu, 1813) — Barnard, K.H. 1930. Part XI. — Amphipoda. British Antarctic 'Terra Nova' Expedition 1910. Zoology 8: 307-454 [411] (recorded this species); Bowman, T.E. 1973. Pelagic amphipods of the genus Hyperia and closely related genera (Hyperiidea: Hyperiidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 136: 1-76 [10] (excluded this species)

HYPERIDAE: Hyperia hydrocephala Vosseler, 1901 — Dakin, W.J. & Colefax, A.N. 1940. The plankton of the Australian coastal waters off New South Wales. Part I. Publications of the University of Sydney, Department of Zoology. Monograph 1: 1-215 [121] (recorded this species); Bowman, T.E. 1973. Pelagic amphipods of the genus Hyperia and closely related genera (Hyperiidea: Hyperiidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 136: 1-76 [50] (excluded this species)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

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), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: SE oceanic, W oceanic

Neotropical Region

• Chile

Palaearctic Region

• France
• Norway
• United Kingdom
  • England

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	PERACARIDA Calman, 1904	05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED	Lauren Timms (NMV) Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV)
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816	17-May-2022	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816	05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816	05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED	Dr Shane Ahyong
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA	05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED	Dr Shane Ahyong (AM)
05-Aug-2022	HYPERIIDAE Dana, 1852	05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED	Lyn Randall
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA	05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED	Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022		05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED
		05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED