Species Phronima solitaria Guérin Méneville, 1844

Museums

Regional Maps

• Phronima solitaria Guérin Méneville, F.-E. 1844. Iconographie du Règne Animal de G. Cuvier. Texte explicatif. Paris : J.B. Baillière Vol. 3 unknown pp. [21].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANSP CA2693 ♀ (Guérin-Méneville Coll. No. 446), Atlantic Ocean, near estuary of River Plata, South America.

  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.
• Phronima megalodus 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) [1353, pl. 62A].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 98.5.15.204 ♀, off St Vincent, Cape Verde Islands [16°49'N 25°14'W].
• 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].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANSP CA2689 ♀ (Guérin-Meneville Coll. No. 443), Nice, Mediterranean Sea.

  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.
• Phronima atlantica solitaria 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 [23, pl. 2 figs 3, 5-10].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, three stations of Plankton-Expedition in equatorial Atlantic Ocean: stn [173, 2.9°N 18.4°W]; stn 180 [1.1°N 16.4°W]; stn 190 [4.1°S 14.2°W].

  Type locality references:

  Hensen, V. 1895. Methodik der Untersuchungen. Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise 1(B): 1-200 pls 1-12 [10, table 3].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical, circumglobal.

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 Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, pelagic.

 

General References

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 [83]

Shih, C.-T. 1969. The systematics and biology of the family Phronimidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Dana Reports 74: 1-100 [16]

Shih, C.-T. 1971. Phronimidae (Amphipoda, Hyperiidea) of the South Pacific Ocean. Crustaceana 20(1): 25-45 [36]

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 [66-67]

 

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