• Paramoera Miers, E.J. 1875. Descriptions of new species of crustacea collected at Kerguelen's Island by the Rev. A.E. Eaton. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 16: 73-76 [75].

  Type species:

   Paramoera australis Miers, 1875 by monotypy (two other species were placed in the genus, but tenatively, at its inception, and are therefore unavailable for type selection).
• Stebbingia Pfeffer, G. 1888. Die Krebse von Süd-Georgien nach der Ausbeute der Deutschen Station 1882–83, 2 Teil, Die Amphipoden. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 5: 77-142 [110].

  Type species:

   Stebbingia gregaria Pfeffer, 1888 by monotypy.
• Aucklandia Walker, A.O. 1908. Amphipoda from the Auckland Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 2: 33-39, pl. 5 [35].

  Type species:

   Aucklandia enderbyi Walker, 1908 by monotypy.
• Amphoediceros Fearn-Wannan, H.J. 1968. Littoral Amphipoda of Victoria, Part I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 81(1): 31-58 [44].

  Type species:

   Amphoediceros willisi Fearn-Wannan, 1968 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Barnard, J.L. & Drummond, M.M. 1987. Rectification of Amphoediceros willisi Fearn-Wannan (1968) genus and species removed to Paramoera Miers (1875). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 99(1): 13-18 [13]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

• Subantarctic Islands
  • Kerguélen Island

Australian Region

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

Neotropical Region

• Chile
  • Valparaiso

Distribution References

History of changes

• Megamoera fasciculata Thomson, G.M. 1880. New species of Crustacea from New Zealand. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 6: 1-6 pl. 1 [5, pl. 1 fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Otago Harbour as (Dunedin Harbour), also in rock-pools on the coast near Dunedin and Christchurch, New Zealand.
• Maera fasciculata Thomson, G.M. 1893. Notes on Tasmanian Crustacea, with descriptions of new species. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1892: 45-76 [72].
• Aucklandia enderbyi Walker, A.O. 1908. Amphipoda from the Auckland Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 2: 33-39, pl. 5 [35, pl. 5 figs 3, 4].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀ ovigerous, Enderby Island, Auckland Islands, Southern Ocean.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lowry, J.K. & Bullock, S. 1976. Catalogue of the marine gammaridean Amphipoda of the Southern Ocean. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 16: 1-187 [57]

Generic Combinations

• Paramoera fasciculata (Thomson, 1880). —
  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 [640]

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand and Auckland Islands, Southern Ocean.

IMCRA

Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

Ecological Descriptors

Littoral, marine, sublittoral.

General References

Thomson, G.M. 1893. Notes on Tasmanian Crustacea, with descriptions of new species. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1892: 45-76

History of changes

• Stebbingia gregaria Pfeffer, G. 1888. Die Krebse von Süd-Georgien nach der Ausbeute der Deutschen Station 1882–83, 2 Teil, Die Amphipoden. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 5: 77-142 [110, pl. 2: fig. 7].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZMH, South Georgia [54°30’58”S 36°00’45”W].

Generic Combinations

• Paramoera gregaria (Pfeffer, 1888). —
  Barnard, K.H. 1932. Amphipoda. Discovery Reports 5: 1-326 pl. 1 [206, figs. 118 I, 124]

Distribution

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

History of changes

• Paramoera hamiltoni Nicholls, G.E. 1938. Amphipoda Gammaridea. Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911–14. Science Report C 2(4): 1-145 [117, figs. 52h, n, 60].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, AM, Macquarie Island: North End, low tide; South East Harbour.

Distribution

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australian Antarctic Territory
• Macquarie Island (Aust. Terr.)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

History of changes

• Paramoera incognita Bushueva, I.V. 1986. New representatives of the Antarctic fauna of scuds (Amphipoda, Gammaridea). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 65: 1296-1302 [in Russian] [1300, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Davis Sea: Cape Mabus, 5 m; Tokarev Island, 5-6 m.

Distribution

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

History of changes

• Paramoera macquariae Nicholls, G.E. 1938. Amphipoda Gammaridea. Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911–14. Science Report C 2(4): 1-145 [119, figs. 52j, 61].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, AM, Macquarie Island: North End, beach.

Distribution

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australian Antarctic Territory
• Macquarie Island (Aust. Terr.)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

History of changes

• Paramoera schellenbergi Nicholls, G.E. 1938. Amphipoda Gammaridea. Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911–14. Science Report C 2(4): 1-145 [120, figs. 52k, 62].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, AM, Macquarie Island: Garden Bay, low tide.

Distribution

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australian Antarctic Territory
• Macquarie Island (Aust. Terr.)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

History of changes

• Atylus walkeri Stebbing, T.R.R. 1906. Amphipoda I. Gammaridae. Das Tierreich 21: 1-806 [728].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Ross Sea: Cape Adare, beach.

Generic Combinations

• Paramoera walkeri (Stebbing, 1906). —
  Monod, T. 1926. Tanaidacés, Isopodes et Amphipodes. Résultats du Voyage de la Belgica en 1897-99. Rapports Scientifiques, Zoologie 1-67 [57]
• Bovallia walkeri (Stebbing, 1906). —
  Chevreux, E. 1913. Amphipodes. Deuxième Expédition Antarctique Française (1908-1910) Commandée par le Dr. Jean Charcot. Sciences Naturelles: Documents Scientifiques 79-186 [169]

Distribution

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

History of changes

• Amphoediceros willisi Fearn-Wannan, H.J. 1968. Littoral Amphipoda of Victoria, Part I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 81(1): 31-58 [45, figs 8-11].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J155, Canadian Bay, Port Phillip Bay, VIC.
  Paratype(s) NMV J156.

Generic Combinations

• Paramoera willisi (Fearn-Wannan, 1968). —
  Barnard, J.L. & Drummond, M.M. 1987. Rectification of Amphoediceros willisi Fearn-Wannan (1968) genus and species removed to Paramoera Miers (1875). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 99(1): 13-18 [13]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Littoral, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Algae, rock pools, not a strong sand burrower.

General References

Barnard, J.L. & Drummond, M.M. 1987. Rectification of Amphoediceros willisi Fearn-Wannan (1968) genus and species removed to Paramoera Miers (1875). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 99(1): 13-18

History of changes