Genus Stephonyx Lowry & Stoddart, 1989

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• Stephonyx Lowry, J.K. & Stoddart, H.E. 1989. Stephonyx, a new, widespread genus of lysianassoid Amphipoda. Zoologica Scripta 18(4): 519-525 [521].

  Type species:

   Euonyx biscayensis Chevreux, 1908 by original designation.

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

URISTIDAE: Stephonyx normani (Stebbing, 1888) — Chilton, C. 1921. Report on the Amphipoda obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour in Australian seas. Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by the F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914 5(2): 33-92 (recorded this species); Sheard, K.S. 1938. The amphipod genera Euonyx, Syndexamine and Paradexamine. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 6(2): 169-186 (excluded this species, Australian records now as Stephonyx pirloti (Sheard, 1938))

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Northeast Transition (19), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Lower E coast, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast

Distribution References

General References

Lowry, J.K. & Kilgallen, N.M. 2014. A generic review of the lysianassoid family Uristidae and descriptions of new taxa from Australian waters (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Uristidae). Zootaxa 3867(1): 1-92 [61, fig. 39]

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. [283]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
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)
05-Aug-2022	Infraorder	05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	URISTIDAE Hurley, 1963	05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED	Lyn Randall
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA	06-Feb-2013	MOVED	Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022		05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED
		05-Aug-2022	MODIFIED