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Species Neobule gaimardii (Milne Edwards, 1840)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Kiama, NSW and 'coasts of Australia'.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, supralittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Algae, beach, among seaweed between the tide marks.

 

General References

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 (tentatively placed Allorchestes compressus Dana, 1852 in synonymy with Ampithoe gaimardii)

Haswell, W.A. 1885. Notes on the Australian Amphipoda. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10(1): 95-114 pls 10-18

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. (the identity of Ampithoe gaimardii and Neobule algicola Haswell, 1879 is extremely obscure. The situation currently cannot be resolved)

Stebbing, T.R.R. 1899. Amphipoda from the Copenhagen Museum and other sources. — Part II. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2nd series 7(8): 395-432, pls 30-35 (believed Allorchestes compressus to be a good species)

Stebbing, T.R.R. 1906. Amphipoda I. Gammaridae. Das Tierreich 21: 1-806 (united Ampithoe gaimardii and Neobule algicola. This synonymy has been continued by later workers such as <0031>)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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 22-Nov-2012 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 19-Dec-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)