Species Paraphronima gracilis Claus, 1879

Museums

Regional Maps

• Paraphronima gracilis Claus, C. 1879. Der Organismus der Phronimiden. Arbeiten aus dem Zoologischen Institut der Universitat Wien 2: 59-146 pls 1-8 [reprint numbered as pp. 1–88] [65, pl. 1 figs 4, 5].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀ (lost), Atlantic Ocean.
• Paraphronima edwardsi Bovallius, C. 1885. On some forgotten genera among the amphipodous Crustacea. Bihang till Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 10(14): 1-17 pl. 14 [12].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (lost), Atlantic Ocean.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Vinogradov, M.E., Volkov, A.F. & Semenova, T.N. 1982. Amphipoda — Hyperiidea of the World Ocean. Nauka Leningrad U.S.S.R. Opred. po Faune S.S.S.R 132: 1-491 [in Russian] [256]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Widely distributed in tropical and temperate regions, including the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea

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), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 mile fishing zone: NE oceanic, SE oceanic, W oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, pelagic.

 

General References

Stephensen, K. 1924. Hyperiidea - Amphipoda (Part 2: Paraphronimidae, Hyperiidae, Dairellidae, Phronimidae, Anchylomeridae). Report of the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908–1910 to the Mediterranean and adjacent Seas. Ser. A 12 4: 71-149 [75]

Tranter, H.A. 1977. Further studies of plankton ecosystems in the Eastern Indian Ocean. VII. Ecology of the Amphipoda. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 28: 645-662 [647]

Zeidler, W. 1998. Pelagic amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea) collected from eastern and south-eastern Australian waters by the CSIRO vessel "Warreen" during the years 1938–1941. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) Monograph Series 4: 1-143 [42]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA	29-Apr-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022		22-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		16-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		09-Mar-2010	MODIFIED