Genus Podocerus Leach, 1814
Compiler and date details
James K. Lowry
- Podocerus Leach, W.E. 1814. Crustaceology. pp. 383-437 in Brewster, D. Sir (ed.). The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Edinburgh : John Murray Baldwin & Cradocle Vol. 7 (2). [433].
Type species:
Podocerus variegatus Leach, 1814 by monotypy. - Platophium Dana, J.D. 1852. On the classification of the Crustacea Choristopoda or Tetradecapoda. American Journal of Science and Arts 2 14(41): 297-316 [309] [without included species].
Type species:
Platophium brasiliense Dana, 1853 by subsequent monotypy, see Dana, J.D. 1853. Crustacea, Part II. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. 14: 689-1618. - Dexiocerella Haswell, W.A. 1885. Notes on the Australian Amphipoda. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10(1): 95-114 pls 10-18 [107].
Type species:
Cyrtophium dentatum Haswell, 1879 by original designation.
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 [664]
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
PODOCERIDAE: Podocerus cristatus (Thomson, 1879) [Australian records now as Podocerus dentatus (Haswell, 1879)] — Stebbing, T.R.R. 1906. Amphipoda I. Gammaridae. Das Tierreich 21: 1-806 (recorded this species); Chilton, C. 1926. New Zealand Amphipoda. No. 6. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 56: 512-518 (recorded this species); Lowry, J.K. in Lowry, J.K. & Stoddart, H.E. 2003. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida: Amphipoda, Cumacea, Mysidacea. In Beesley, P.L. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.2B. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xii 531 pp. (excluded this species)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan.
IBRA
WA: Northern Kimberley (NK)
IMCRA
Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Australian Antarctic Territory, Cocos (Keeling) Islands terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
- Madagascar
- Mozambique
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Lower E coast, NE coast
- Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast
- Australian Antarctic Territory
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Fiji
- Hawaii
- Macquarie Island (Aust. Terr.)
Nearctic Region
- United States of America
- Florida
- South Carolina
Neotropical Region
- Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro
- Ecuador
Oriental Region
- Hong Kong
- India
- Kerala
- Sri Lanka
Palaearctic Region
- Algeria
- Atlantic Ocean
- Azores
- Japan
- Madeira Islands
Distribution References
General References
Barnard, J.L. 1970. Sublittoral Gammaridea (Amphipoda) of the Hawaiian Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 34: 1-278 [237] (as Podocerus)
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 [664] (as Podocerus)
Hughes, L.E. 2012. New and little-known Podoceridae (Peracarida: Amphipoda) of southern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 64(1): 71–120 [Date published 23 May 2012] [78] (as Podocerus)
Hughes, L.E. 2013. Podoceridae of Tropical Australia (Peracarida: Amphipoda). Records of the Australian Museum 65(1): 1-37
Lincoln, R.J. 1979. British Marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. London : British Museum (Natural History) 658 pp. [570] (as Podocerus)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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05-Aug-2022 | PERACARIDA Calman, 1904 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | Lauren Timms (NMV) Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV) |
05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 | 17-May-2022 | MODIFIED | |
05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | |
05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Shane Ahyong |
05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Shane Ahyong (AM) |
10-Dec-2013 | Podocerus Leach, 1814 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | Lauren Hughes (AM) |
05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Jim Lowry (AM) |
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