Genus Simorhynchotus Stebbing, 1888

Museums

Regional Maps

• Simorhynchus Claus, C. 1871. Untersuchungen über den Bau der Verwandtschaft der Hyperiden. Nachrichten von der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen 1871: 149-157 [156] [junior homonym of Simorhynchus Merrem, 1819 and of Simorhynchus Keyserling & Blasius, 1840].

  Type species:

   Simorhynchus antennarius Claus, 1871 by monotypy.

  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) [406].
• Simorhynchotus 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) [1572] [nom. nov. for Simorhynchus Claus, 1871].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread in tropical 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 Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

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