Species Monocorophium acherusicum (Costa, 1857)
- Audouinia acherusica Costa, A. in Hope, F.W. 1851. Catalogo dei crostacei Italiani e di molti altri de Mediterraneo per Fr. Gugl. Hope. Napoli : Stabilimento Tipografico di Fr. Azzolino Vico Gerolomini num. 10, 48 pp., 2 figs. [24] [nom. nud.].
Type data:
Syntype(s).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) [249]; Lincoln, R.J. 1979. British Marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. London : British Museum (Natural History) 658 pp. [532]. - Corophium acherusicum Costa, A. 1857. Ricerche sui Crostacei Anfipodi del Regno di Napoli. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze Matematiche, Scienze Naturali, e Scienze Morali. Napoli 1: 165-235 pls 1-4 [232].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Gulf of Naples, Mediterranean Sea.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) [249]; Lincoln, R.J. 1979. British Marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. London : British Museum (Natural History) 658 pp. [532].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Generic Combinations
- Monocorophium acherusicum (Costa, 1857). —
Bousfield, E.L. & Hoover, P.M. 1997. The amphipod superfamily Corophioidea on the Pacific coast of North America. Part V. Family Corophiidae: Corophinae, new subfamily. Systematics and distributional ecology. Amphipacifica 2(3): 67-139 [111]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan in temperate and tropical coastal regions.
IMCRA
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)
Ecological Descriptors
Estuary, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Constructs tubes on algae, hydroids and other organisms, in shallow sublittoral habitats of reduced salinity, often in sheltered harbours and estuaries.
General References
Bousfield, E.L. & Hoover, P.M. 1997. The amphipod superfamily Corophioidea on the Pacific coast of North America. Part V. Family Corophiidae: Corophinae, new subfamily. Systematics and distributional ecology. Amphipacifica 2(3): 67-139 (Corophium acherusicum transferred to Monocorophium)
Fearn-Wannan, H.J. 1968. Littoral Amphipoda of Victoria, Part II. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 81(2): 127-135 (as Corophium ascherusicum)
Jones, A.R., Watson-Russell, C.J. & Murray, A. 1986. Spatial patterns in the macrobenthic communities of the Hawkesbury Estuary, New South Wales. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 37: 521-543 (as Corophium cf. ascherusicum)
Myers, A.A. 1982. Family Corophiidae. pp. 185-208 in Ruffo, S. The Amphipoda of the Mediterranean. Mémoires de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco 13: i-xii 1-364
Storey, M. 1996. Native and introduced species of the genus Corophium (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in southeastern Australia. Unpublished Honours Thesis, University of Melbourne. (Australian record, as Corophium acherusicum)
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 | 19-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 09-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |