• Photis Krøyer, H.N. 1842. Nye nordiske Slaegter og Arter af Amfipodernes Orden, henhírende til Familien Gammarina. (Forelíbigt Uddrag af et Stírre Arbejde). Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. Kjøbenhavn 1 4: 141-166 [155].

  Type species:

   Photis reinhardi Krøyer, 1842 by monotypy.
• Eiscladus Spence Bate, C. & Westwood, J.O. 1862. A History of the British Sessile-eyed Crustacea. London : John Van Voorst Pts 4–10, Vol. 1. pp. 145-480 [411].

  Type species:

   Eiscladus longicaudatus Bate & Westwood, 1862 by monotypy.
• Heiscladus Norman, A.M. 1869. Shetland final dredging report. Part II. On the Crustacea, Tunicata, Polyzoa, Echinodermata, Actinozoa, Hydrozoa, and Porifera. Reports of the British Association of the Advancement of Science 1868: 247-336 [255] [lapsus for Eiscladus Bate & Westwood, 1862].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Barnard, J.L. & Karaman, G.S. 1991. The families and genera of marine gammaridean Amphipoda (except marine gammaroids). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 13: 1-866 [224]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Lower E coast
  • Queensland: NE coast
• Fiji
• Hawaii
• Papua New Guinea

Distribution References

History of changes

• Photis aina Barnard, J.L. 1970. Sublittoral Gammaridea (Amphipoda) of the Hawaiian Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 34: 1-278 [185, figs. 121, 122].

  Type data:

   Holotype 7284 ♂ 2.5 mm (located at Bernice P. Bishop Museum (BPBM), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA), Off Ewa beach, Oahu, Hawaii, USA [~21°18’33”S 158°1’29”E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coast
• Hawaii

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Littoral (0 to 30 m), 18 m depth, among Pocillopora and bryozoans (J.L. Barnard, 1970a); among Halimeda opuntia (Myers, 2009e).

History of changes

• Photis brevicaudata 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) [1068, pl. 108].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀ (possibly in BMNH), off Melbourne, VIC, "Challenger" Station 161 [38°22'30"S 144°36'30"E].

  Type locality references:

  Tizard, T.H., Moseley, H.N., Buchanan, J.Y. & Murray, J. 1885. Narrative of the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger with a general account of the scientific results of the expedition. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger 1873-76, Narrative 1(2): 511-1110.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

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

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Soft bottom.

History of changes

• Photis davei 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 [790, figs.15, 16].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P75474 ♂ 3.2 mm, Casuarina Beach, Lizard Island, QLD, fine slightly muddy sand, 0.5 m [14°40’77S 145°26’85”E].
  Paratype(s) AM P75475 2 ♀.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Muddy sand.

History of changes

• Photis dolichommata 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 [609, pl. 55B].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM P2506–P2514 many specimens, NSW, "Thetis" Stations.

  Type locality references:

  Waite, R.E. 1899. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. "Thetis", off the coast of New South Wales, in February and March, 1898. Introduction. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4(1): 3-23.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Also in Indo-west Pacific Ocean.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Lower E coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Soft bottom, seagrass.

General References

Ledoyer, M. 1984. Les gammariens (Crustacea: Amphipoda) des herbiers de phanérogames marines de Nouvelle Calédonie (région de Nouméa). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] ns A. zool. 129: 1-113

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

History of changes

• Photis pirloti Myers, A.A. 1985. Shallow-water, coral reef and mangrove Amphipoda (Gammaridea) of Fiji. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 5: 1-143 [88].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P3500 ♀ 2.7 mm, Nananui Ra, Viti Levu, Fiji [17°20’S 177°76’E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coast
• Fiji
• Papua New Guinea

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Littoral (0 to 30 m), dead Acropora with epiphytes (Myers, 1985) and coral rubble, sponges and Halimeda (Myers, 2009).

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 [793-794]

History of changes