Species Phronima atlantica Guérin Méneville, 1836

Museums

Regional Maps

• Phronima atlantica Guérin Méneville, F.-E. 1836. Iconographie du Regne Animal de G. Cuvier. Planches des animaux invertebres. Paris and London : J.B. Baillière Vol. 2. [21, pl. 25 fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANSP CA2687 2♀ (Guérin-Méneville Coll. No. 444), Atlantic Ocean.

  Secondary source:

   Zeidler, W. 1997. The hyperiid amphipod specimens in the Guérin-Méneville Collection surviving in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 148: 121-146.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical, circumglobal (except South Atlantic Ocean).

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

Ball, E.E. 1977. Fine structure of the compound eyes of the midwater amphipod Phronima in relation to behaviour and habitat. Tissue and Cell 9(3): 521-536 [521]

Répelin, R. 1970. Phronimidae du Bassin Indo-Australien (Amphipodes Hyperides). Cycle genital et repartition saisonniere. Relations quantitatives et ecologiques. Cahiers O.R.S.T.O.M. Serie Océanographique 8(2): 65-109 [78]

Shih, C.-T. 1969. The systematics and biology of the family Phronimidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Dana Reports 74: 1-100 [14]

Shih, C.-T. 1971. Phronimidae (Amphipoda, Hyperiidea) of the South Pacific Ocean. Crustaceana 20(1): 25-45 [33]

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 [649]

Zeidler, W. 1978. Hyperiidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Queensland waters. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 59: 1-93 [13]

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 [65]

 

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