General References

Myers, A.A. 2009. Photidae. pp. 771-799 in Lowry, J.K. & Myers, A.A. (eds). Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa 2260: 1-930

History of changes

• Ampelisciphotis Pirlot, J.M. 1938. Les amphipodes de l'expédition du Siboga. Deuxième partie: les amphipodes gammarides, III: Les amphipodes littoraux. 2: Familles des Dexaminidae, Talitridae, Aoridae, Photidae, Ampithoidae, Corophiidae, Jassidae, Cheluridae et Podoceridae. Première Partie (Addendum). Les amphipodes hypérides. Familles des Lanceolidae, Cystisomatidae et Oxycephalidae. La sexualité chez Cystisoma Guérin Méneville. Siboga-Expéditie Report 33(F): 329-388 [341].

  Type species:

   Ampelisciphotis tridens Pirlot, 1938 by original designation.

Introduction

There are only two described species of Ampelisciphotis. One, Ampelisciphotis podophthalma (J.L. Barnard, 1958) from southern California and the other, Ampelisciphotis tridens Pirlot, 1938, is know from Manipa Island, Indonesia and Madagascar; these are not known or reported from Australian waters.

Specimens of Ampelisciphotis are held in the Australian Museum collections. Alan Myers identified A. tridens from Papua New Guinea. Jerry Barnard identified Ampelisciphotis sp. from Cape Banks, NSW. Steve Keable identified Ampelisciphotis sp. from Twofold Bay, NSW. Jim Lowry identified Ampelisciphotis sp. from Bottle and Glass Rocks, Port Jackson and Botany Bay, NSW and with Rachael Peart identified it from Batemans Bay, NSW (J. Lowry, pers. comm.)

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IMCRA

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

History of changes

Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

• Barnard, J.L. 1973. Revision of the Corophiidae and related families (Amphipoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 151: 1-27 [17]

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

PHOTIDAE: Gammaropsis atlantica Stebbing, 1888

ISAEIDAE: Gammaropsis maculata (Johnston, 1828) [based on examination of Chilton's specimen, Australian records now known to be an unknown species] — Chilton, C. 1921. Report on the Amphipoda obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour in Australian seas. Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by the F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914 5(2): 33-92 (recorded this species); 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, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmpolitan.

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

• South Africa

Australian Region

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

Oriental Region

• Maldives
• Sri Lanka

Distribution References

History of changes