Species Themisto gaudichaudii Guérin Méneville, 1825
- Themisto gaudichaudii Guérin Méneville, F.-E. 1825. Entomologie, ou Histoire Naturelledes Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes. In, Encyclopedie Methodique Histoire Naturelle. Paris : Agasse Vol. 10. 833 pp. [744].
Type data:
Holotype ANSP CA2681 (Guérin Méneville Coll. No. 438), coast of Falkland Islands (as 'sur les cotes des Iles Malouines'). - Hyperia trigona 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 [987, pl. 67 fig. 12].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (types lost), probably from 'Lagulhas Bank' near Cape Horn. - Themisto antarctica 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 [1005].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (types lost), Bellingshausen Sea, Southern Ocean [68°S 94°W]. - Themisto guerinii Spence Bate, C. 1862. Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum 399 pp. 58 pls. [313, pl. 50].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (possibly MNHP), "(in the Atlantic?). Latitude of La Plata". - Euthemisto thompsoni 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) [1414, pls 174, 175].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (possibly BMNH), between Marion Island and the Crozet Islands; off Crozet Islands; Southern Ocean; south of Australia [46°46'S 45°31'E; 46°45'S 50°42'E; 50°01'S 123°04'E; 48°18'S 130°04'E]. - Parathemisto goesi Bovallius, C. 1889. Contributions to a monograph of the Amphipoda Hyperiidea. Part 1: 2. The families Cyllopodidae, Paraphronimidae, Thaumatopsidae, Mimonectidae, Hyperiidae, Phronomidae and Anchylomeridae. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 22(7): 1-434 pls 1-18 [270, pl. 12].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (types lost), South Atlantic [41°S 57°W].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Bowman, T.E. 1960. The pelagic amphipod genus Parathemisto (Hyperiidea: Hyperiidae) in the North Pacific and adjacent Arctic Ocean. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 112(3439): 343-392 [379]
- Sheader, M. & Evans, F. 1974. The taxonomic relationship of Parathemisto gaudichaudi (Guérin) and P. gracilipes (Norman), with a key to the genus Parathemisto. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 54(4): 915-924 [922]
- Bowman, T.E., Cohen, A.C. & McGuinness, M.M. 1982. Vertical distribution of Themisto gaudichaudii (Amphipoda: Hyperiidea) in Deepwater Dumpsite 106 off the mouth of Delaware Bay. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 351: 1-15 [1]
Distribution
States
Tasmania, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Common in colder water of the Southern Hemisphere.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine, pelagic.
General References
Bowman, T.E., Cohen, A.C. & McGuinness, M.M. 1982. Vertical distribution of Themisto gaudichaudii (Amphipoda: Hyperiidea) in Deepwater Dumpsite 106 off the mouth of Delaware Bay. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 351: 1-15 [1]
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]
Hurley, D.E. 1969. Amphipoda Hyperiidea. pp. 32-34, sheets 1-2 in American Geographical Society (ed.). Antarctic Map Folio Series, Folio 11. Distribution of selected groups of marine invertebrates in waters south of 35ºS latitude. New York : American Geographical Society. [pl. 19 (map 6)] (as Parathemisto gaudichaudii and Parathemisto gracilipes)
Kane, J.E. 1966. The distribution of Parathemisto gaudichaudii (Guer.) with observations on its life-history in the 0º to 20ºE sector of the Southern Ocean. Discovery Reports 34: 163-198 [165] (as Parathemisto gaudichaudii)
Sheader, M. & Evans, F. 1974. The taxonomic relationship of Parathemisto gaudichaudi (Guérin) and P. gracilipes (Norman), with a key to the genus Parathemisto. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 54(4): 915-924 [915] (as Parathemisto gaudichaudii)
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] (as Parathemisto gaudichaudii)
Zeidler, W. 1997. The hyperiid amphipod specimens in the Guérin-Méneville Collection surviving in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 148: 121-146
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 [64]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 | 01-Aug-2018 | MODIFIED | Dr Shane Ahyong |
| 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 |