Genus Jassa Leach, 1814

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• Jassa Leach, W.E. 1814. Crustaceology. pp. 383-437 in Brewster, D. Sir (ed.). The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Edinburgh : John Murray Baldwin & Cradocle Vol. 7 (2). [433].

  Type species:

   Jassa pulchella Leach, 1814 by subsequent designation, see Stebbing, T.R.R. 1899. On the true Podocerus and some new genera of amphipods. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 3: 237-241 [239].
• Lusyta Nardo, G.D. 1847. Sinonimia moderna delle specie registrale nell' opera intitolata: Descrizione de'Crostacei de'Testaceo e de Pesci che abitano le lagune e golfo veneto rappresentati in figure, a chiaro-scuro ed a colori Dall' Abate Stefano Chiereghini Ven. Coldiense applicata per commissione governativa dal Dr. Gio. Venezoa : Domenico Nardo. [20].

  Type species:

   Cancer algensis Nardo, 1847 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) [220]; Stebbing, T.R.R. 1906. Amphipoda I. Gammaridae. Das Tierreich 21: 1-806 [715].
• Cratophium Dana, J.D. 1852. On the classification of the Crustacea Choristopoda or Tetradecapoda. American Journal of Science and Arts 2 14(41): 297-316 [309].

  Type species:

   Cratophium validum Dana, 1853 by subsequent designation, see Dana, J.D. 1853. Crustacea, Part II. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. 14: 689-1618.
• Bruzeliella Norman, A.M. 1905. Revised nomenclature of the species described in Bate and Westwood's "British Sessile-eyed Crustacea". Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 16: 78-95 [83].

  Type species:

   Cancer (Gammarus) falcatus Montagu, 1808 by original designation.
• Hemijassa Walker, A.O. 1907. Crustacea III: Amphipoda. National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904, Natural History 3: 1-38, pls 1-13 [38].

  Type species:

   Jassa goniamera Walker, 1903 by monotypy.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Barnard, J.L. 1969. The families and genera of marine gammaridean Amphipoda. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 271: 1-535 [279]

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

ISCHYROCERIDAE: Jassa falcata (Montagu, 1808) [Australian records now known to be an unknown species] — Stebbing, T.R.R. 1910. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. "Thetis" Crustacea Part V. Amphipoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4(12): 567-658, pls 47-60 (recorded this species as Jassa pulchella (Leach, 1814)); Lowry, J.K. in Lowry, J.K. & Stoddart, H.E. 2003. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida: Amphipoda, Cumacea, Mysidacea. In Beesley, P.L. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.2B. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xii 531 pp. (excluded this species)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

• Subantarctic Islands
  • South Georgia

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Lower E coast, Tas. Coast
• Australian Antarctic Territory
• Macquarie Island (Aust. Terr.)
• New Zealand

Neotropical Region

• Chile

Distribution References

General References

Conlan, K.E. 1990. Revision of the crustacean amphipod genus Jassa Leach (Corophioidea: Ischyroceridae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 68: 2031-2075

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Apr-2024	ISCHYROCERIDAE Stebbing, 1899	13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	PERACARIDA Calman, 1904	13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED	Lauren Timms (NMV) Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV)
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816	13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816	13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	ISCHYROCERIDAE Stebbing, 1899	13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816	13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Shane Ahyong
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA	13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Shane Ahyong (AM)
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA	12-Feb-2013	MOVED	Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022		13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
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