Species Polycheria antarctica (Stebbing, 1875)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dexamine antarctica Stebbing, T.R.R. 1875. On some new exotic sessile-eyed Crustacea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 15: 184-188 pl. 15A [184, pl. 15A fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Southern Ocean (as Antarctic Sea) [77°30'S 175°E].
• Atylus antarcticus Stebbing, T.R.R. 1878. On two new species of amphipodous crustaceans. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 2: 364-370, pl. 15 [370].
• Polycheria tenuipes Haswell, W.A. 1879. On some additional new genera and species of amphipodous crustaceans. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 4(3): 319-356 pls 18-24 [345, pl. 22 fig. 8].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (lost), Port Jackson, NSW.
• Polycheria brevicornis Haswell, W.A. 1879. On some additional new genera and species of amphipodous crustaceans. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 4(3): 319-356 pls 18-24 [346].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM P3505 3 specimens, Port Jackson, NSW.
• Polycheria obtusa Thomson, G. M. 1882. Additions to the crustacean fauna of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 14: 230-238, pls 17, 18 [233, fig. 3, pl. 17].
• Tritaeta antarctica 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) [451].
• Tritaeta kergueleni 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) [941, pl. 83].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Cumberland Bay, Kerguelen Island [48°45'S 69°14'E].
• Tritaeta tenuipes 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) [945].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Holman, H. & Watling, L. 1983. Amphipoda from the Southern Ocean: Families Colomastigidae, Dexaminidae, Leucothoidae, Liljeborgiidae, and Sebidae. Antarctic Research Series 38(4): 215-262 [221]

 

Generic Combinations

• Polycheria antarctica (Stebbing, 1875). —
  Della Valle, A. 1893. Gammarini del Golfo di Napoli. Fauna Flora Golfe Neapel 20: 1-948 pls 1-61 [580, figs. 83, 84, pl. 58]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Southern Ocean.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine, sublittoral.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA	06-Feb-2013	MOVED	Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022		22-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		16-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		09-Mar-2010	MODIFIED