• Zeuxo Templeton, R. 1840. Description of a minute crustaceous animal, from the island of Mauritius. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 2: 203-207 [203].

  Type species:

   Zeuzo westwoodiana Templeton, 1840 by method unknown.
• Parazeuxo Sieg, J. 1980. Taxonomische Monographie der Tanaidae Dana, 1849 (Crustacea, Tanaidacea). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 537: 1-267 [217] [as Zeuxo (Parazeuxo) Sieg, 1980].

  Type species:

   Zeuxo maledivensis Sieg, 1980 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Sieg, J. 1983. Crustaceorum Catalogus editus a H.-E. Gruner & L.B. Holthuis Pars 6. Tanaidacea. The Hague : Dr W. Junk 552 pp.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Larsen, K., Tuya, F. & Froufe, E. 2014. MtDNA and nuclear differentiation for tanaidaceans (Crustacea, Peracarida) with low dispersal ability. Scientia Marina 78: 81-90

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Other Regions

Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

Distribution References

General References

Edgar, G.J. 2008. Shallow water Tanaidae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) of Australia. Zootaxa 1836: 1-92 [46] (diagnosis; key to Australian species)

Larsen, K. 2014. New species of the genus Zeuxo (Peracarida, Tanaidacea). Crustaceana 87: 715-754

Sieg, J. 1980. Taxonomische Monographie der Tanaidae Dana, 1849 (Crustacea, Tanaidacea). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 537: 1-267 (split Zeuxo into two subgenera, Zeuxo (Zeuxo) and Zeuxo (Parazeuxo))

Sieg, J. 1983. Crustaceorum Catalogus editus a H.-E. Gruner & L.B. Holthuis Pars 6. Tanaidacea. The Hague : Dr W. Junk 552 pp. [228]

History of changes

• Zeuxo (Parazeuxo) amiti Bamber, R.N. 2008. Tanaidaceans (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea) from Moreton Bay, Queensland. pp. 143–217 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. (eds). Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Moreton Bay, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(1) [163].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM W28088 ♀, Amity Point, North Stradbroke Island, QLD.
  Paratype(s) QM W28089 ♀, Shag Rock, north of North Stradbroke Island, QLD.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Zeuxo amiti Bamber, 2008. —
  Larsen, K., Tuya, F. & Froufe, E. 2014. MtDNA and nuclear differentiation for tanaidaceans (Crustacea, Peracarida) with low dispersal ability. Scientia Marina 78: 81-90 (revised status of subgenus)

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Between 0.5-15 m depth

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Among algae, on sponges.

History of changes

• Zeuxo (Zeuxo) angua Bamber, R.N. 2005. The Tanaidaceans (Arthropoda: Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea) of Esperance, Western Australia, Australia. pp. 613-728 in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I. & Kendrick, G.A. (eds). Proceedings of the Twelfth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Esperance, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum. [654].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM C33858 ♀, Summy’s Park Beach, Bandy Creek Harbour, Esperance, WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM many specimens, Summy’s Park Beach, Bandy Creek Harbour, Esperance, WA; BMNH many specimens, Summy’s Park Beach, Bandy Creek Harbour, Esperance, WA.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Zeuxo angua Bamber, 2005. —
  Larsen, K., Tuya, F. & Froufe, E. 2014. MtDNA and nuclear differentiation for tanaidaceans (Crustacea, Peracarida) with low dispersal ability. Scientia Marina 78: 81-90 (revised status of subgenus)

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Upper shore (+0.6 m) to low water mark

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

History of changes

• Zeuxo belli Edgar, G.J. 2008. Shallow water Tanaidae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) of Australia. Zootaxa 1836: 1-92 [53].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J56147 ♀, Coral Beach, QLD.
  Paratype(s) NMV J56148 1 ♂, 3 ♀ and 2 juveniles, Coral Beach, QLD.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Zeuxo (Parazeuxo) belli Edgar, 2008. —
  Sieg, J. 1980. Taxonomische Monographie der Tanaidae Dana, 1849 (Crustacea, Tanaidacea). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 537: 1-267

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

2 m depth

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

On macroalgae.

History of changes

• Zeuxo edgari Larsen, K. 2014. New species of the genus Zeuxo (Peracarida, Tanaidacea). Crustaceana 87: 715-754 [725-726].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J56611 (Holotype illustrated in Edgar (2008:53, figs 22-24)), Mrs Macquarie’s Chair, Sydney Harbour, NSW, Australia
  Comment: Type series dsignated by Larsen (2014:725): two males, 2 ovigerous females, and 3 non-ovigerous females; same locality at the holotype. One male, 8 females, 1 juvenile; Kettering, TAS.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Anatanais normani (Richardson, 1905 [misidentification].
• Zeuxo (Zeuxo) normani (Richardson, 1905 [misidentification].
• Zeuxo normani (Edgar, 2008). —
  Edgar, G.J. 2008. Shallow water Tanaidae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) of Australia. Zootaxa 1836: 1-92 [47-52, figs 22-24] (concluded that Australian animals conform with the description of the Northern Hemisphere Zeuxo normani (Richardson, 1905))
  Larsen, K. 2014. New species of the genus Zeuxo (Peracarida, Tanaidacea). Crustaceana 87: 715-754 [725] (established a new name for the Australian material cited in Edgar (2008:47))

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

IMCRA

Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

History of changes

• Zeuxo kirkmani Edgar, G.J. 2008. Shallow water Tanaidae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) of Australia. Zootaxa 1836: 1-92 [58].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J56149 ♀, Seven Mile Beach, WA.
  Paratype(s) NMV J56150 2 ♂ and 3 ♀, Seven Mile Beach, WA.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Zeuxo (Zeuxo) kirkmani Edgar, 2008. —
  Sieg, J. 1980. Taxonomische Monographie der Tanaidae Dana, 1849 (Crustacea, Tanaidacea). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 537: 1-267

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Between 0.5-2 m depth

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Seagrass.

History of changes

• Zeuxo mooneyi Edgar, G.J. 2008. Shallow water Tanaidae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) of Australia. Zootaxa 1836: 1-92 [68].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J56153 ♂, Bowen Island Passage, Jervis Bay, NSW.
  Paratype(s) NMV J56154 1 ♂ and 1 juvenile, Bowen Island Passage, Jervis Bay, NSW.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Zeuxo (Parazeuxo) mooneyi Edgar, 2008. —
  Sieg, J. 1980. Taxonomische Monographie der Tanaidae Dana, 1849 (Crustacea, Tanaidacea). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 537: 1-267

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

1 m depth

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

On macrophytes.

History of changes

• Zeuxo (Zeuxo) nannioggae Bamber, R.N. 2005. The Tanaidaceans (Arthropoda: Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea) of Esperance, Western Australia, Australia. pp. 613-728 in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I. & Kendrick, G.A. (eds). Proceedings of the Twelfth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Esperance, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum. [659].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM C33861 ♀, Esperance Bay, WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM many specimens, Esperance Bay, WA; BMNH 2004.92-94 3 ♀, New Island, Cape le Grande, Esperance, WA.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Zeuxo nannioggae Bamber, 2005. —
  Larsen, K., Tuya, F. & Froufe, E. 2014. MtDNA and nuclear differentiation for tanaidaceans (Crustacea, Peracarida) with low dispersal ability. Scientia Marina 78: 81-90 (revised status of subgenera)

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Depth between 18-38.8 m

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic.

History of changes

• Zeuxo odohertyae Edgar, G.J. 2008. Shallow water Tanaidae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) of Australia. Zootaxa 1836: 1-92 [63].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J56151 ♀, Georges Bay, Tasmania.
  Paratype(s) NMV J56152 ♂, Georges Bay, Tasmania.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Zeuxo (Zeuxo) odohertyae Edgar, 2008. —
  Sieg, J. 1980. Taxonomische Monographie der Tanaidae Dana, 1849 (Crustacea, Tanaidacea). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 537: 1-267

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

2 m depth

IMCRA

Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

Ecological Descriptors

Seagrass.

History of changes

• Zeuxo (Parazeuxo) phytalensis Sieg, J. 1980. Taxonomische Monographie der Tanaidae Dana, 1849 (Crustacea, Tanaidacea). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 537: 1-267 [231].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB 17788–90, 26441, Kerguelen Ils.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Zeuxo phytalensis Sieg, 1980. —
  Larsen, K., Tuya, F. & Froufe, E. 2014. MtDNA and nuclear differentiation for tanaidaceans (Crustacea, Peracarida) with low dispersal ability. Scientia Marina 78: 81-90 (revised status of subgenera)

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Kerguelen Ils, St Paul Is., Amsterdam Is.

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24)

Other Regions

Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine.

General References

Hale, H.M. 1937. Isopoda and Tanaidacea. Australasian Antarctic Expedition Science Report C 2(2): 5-45 (Macquarie Is. record as Tanais ohlini Stebbing, 1914)

Poore, G.C.B., Lew Ton, H.M. & Sieg, J. in Poore, G.C.B. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Syncarida, Peracarida: Isopoda, Tanaidacea, Mictacea, Thermosbaenacea, Spelaeogriphacea. In Houston, W.W.K. & Beesley, P.L. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.2A. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xii 434 pp. (first record from Heard Is.)

Sieg, J. 1983. Crustaceorum Catalogus editus a H.-E. Gruner & L.B. Holthuis Pars 6. Tanaidacea. The Hague : Dr W. Junk 552 pp. (complete synonymy, extensive reference list)

History of changes

• Zeuxo russi Edgar, G.J. 2008. Shallow water Tanaidae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) of Australia. Zootaxa 1836: 1-92 [74].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J56145 ♀, Australian Institute of Marine Science Beach, Cape Cleveland, QLD.
  Paratype(s) NMV J56146 3 ♂ amd 4 ♀, Australian Institute of Marine Science Beach, Cape Cleveland, QLD.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Zeuxo (Parazeuxo) russi Edgar, 2008. —
  Sieg, J. 1980. Taxonomische Monographie der Tanaidae Dana, 1849 (Crustacea, Tanaidacea). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 537: 1-267

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Between 0-3 m depth

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

On macrophytes.

History of changes

• Zeuxo shepherdi Edgar, G.J. 2008. Shallow water Tanaidae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) of Australia. Zootaxa 1836: 1-92 [79].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J56137 ♂, Cape Jaffa, SA.
  Paratype(s) NMV J56138 5 ♂, 2 ♀, 1 adult not removed from gastropod shell and 5 indeterminate animals, Cape Jaffa, SA.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Zeuxo (Zeuxo) shepherdi Edgar, 2008. —
  Sieg, J. 1980. Taxonomische Monographie der Tanaidae Dana, 1849 (Crustacea, Tanaidacea). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 537: 1-267

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

16 m depth

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

On macroalgae.

History of changes