Species Phronimopsis spinifera Claus, 1879

Museums

Regional Maps

• Phronimopsis spinifera 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] [64, pl. 1 figs 1-3].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (lost), Straits of Messina, Mediterranean Sea.

  Secondary source:

   Bovallius, C. 1887. Systematical list of the Amphipoda Hyperiidea. Bihang till Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 11(16): 1-50 [23].
• Phronimopsis sarsi Bovallius, C. 1887. Systematical list of the Amphipoda Hyperiidea. Bihang till Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 11(16): 1-50 [23].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (lost), tropical parts of the Atlantic Ocean.
• Phronimopsis 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) [1374, pl. 164].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 89.5.15.216, between Japan and Honolulu, North Pacific Ocean [35°N].
• Phronimopsis tumida Vester, H. 1900. Beitrage zur Kenntnis d. Gattung Phronimopsis. Leipzig : Dissertation 33 pp. 2 pls. [9, pls 1, 2].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Capri and Ischia, Mediterranean Sea.

 

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] [329]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Temperate, circumglobal (excluding Arctic and Antarctic regions).

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

Bowman, T.E. & McGuinness, M.M. 1982. Epipelagic amphipods of the family Hyperiidae from the International Indian Ocean Expedition, 1959–1965. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 359: 1-53 [3, 50]

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 [60]

 

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