Species Phronima sedentaria (Forsskål, 1775)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cancer sedentarius Forsskål, P. 1775. Descriptiones Animalium Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quæ in Itinere Orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est Materia Medica Kakirina atque Tabula Maris Rubri Geographica. Hauniæ : Mölleri 1-19, i-xxxiv, 164 pp., 1 map. [95].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMC, Mediterranean Sea.
• Phronima custos Risso, A. 1816. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés des environs de Nice. Paris : Libraire Grecque-Latine-Allemande 176 pp. 3 pls. [121, pl. 2 fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (lost), Mediterranean Sea.
• Bivonia zanzara Cocco, A. 1832. Su di alcuni nuovi Crostacei de mari di Messina. Effemeridi scientifiche e letterarie per la Sicilia 2: 205-209 [208, fig. 3a].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Messina, Mediterranean Sea.

  Secondary source:

   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) [145, 1346].
• Phronima borneensis Spence Bate, C. 1862. Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum 399 pp. 58 pls. [318, pl. 51 fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (lost), Borneo.
• Phronima novaezealandiae Powell, L. 1875. Description of a new crustacean, Phronima novae-zealandiae. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1874 7: 294-295 pl. 21 [294, pl. 21 figs 1, 2] [as Phronima novae-zealandiae].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (lost), Sumner Beach, New Zealand.
• Phronima spinosa Bovallius, C. 1887. Systematical list of the Amphipoda Hyperiidea. Bihang till Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 11(16): 1-50 [25].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (lost), tropical parts of Atlantic Ocean.
• Phronima tenella 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) [1354, pl. 161 fig. A].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 89.5.15.205 ♂, mid-Pacific Ocean [03°48'S 152°56'W].
• Phronima affinis Vosseler, J. 1901. Die Amphipoden der Plankton-Expedition. I. Theil. Hyperiidea 1. Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise 2(G): i-viii, 1-129 pls 1-13 [20, pl. 1 figs 12-16].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMUK Cr.0318 ♂ adult, Sargasso Sea [31.3°N 47.7°W].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Shih, C.-T. 1971. Note on Phronima affinis Vosseler, 1901 (Amphipoda, Phronimidae). Crustaceana 20(3): 298-300

 

Generic Combinations

• Phronima sedentaria (Forsskål, 1775). —
  Shih, C.-T. 1969. The systematics and biology of the family Phronimidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Dana Reports 74: 1-100 [10]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical/temperate, circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

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]

Hale, H.M. 1929. The Crustaceans of South Australia. Adelaide : Government Printer Vol. 2 201-380 pp. [229]

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 [72]

Shih, C.-T. 1969. The systematics and biology of the family Phronimidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Dana Reports 74: 1-100 [10, 25] (as Phronima affinis)

Shih, C.-T. 1971. Note on Phronima affinis Vosseler, 1901 (Amphipoda, Phronimidae). Crustaceana 20(3): 298-300 [298] (as Phronima affinis)

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 [650]

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 [66]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816	01-Aug-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Shane Ahyong
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
		12-Feb-2010	(import)