WoRMS taxon details

Halobates (Halobates) elephanta Andersen & Foster, 1992

478410  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:478410)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Allotriocarida (Superclass)
  6. Hexapoda (Class)
  7. Insecta (Subclass)
  8. Pterygota (Infraclass)
  9. Hemiptera (Order)
  10. Heteroptera (Suborder)
  11. Gerromorpha (Infraorder)
  12. Gerridae (Family)
  13. Halobatinae (Subfamily)
  14. Halobatini (Tribe)
  15. Halobates (Genus)
  16. Halobates (Halobates) (Subgenus)
  17. Halobates (Halobates) elephanta (Species)
accepted
Species
marine
Andersen, N. M.; Foster, W. A. (1992). Sea skaters of India, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives, with a new species and a revised key to Indian Ocean species of Halobates and Asclepios (Hemiptera, Gerridae). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 26: 533–553. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Holotype  ZMUC, verbatimGeounit India, “Bombay” [Mum...  
Holotype ZMUC, verbatimGeounit India, “Bombay” [Mum... [details]
WoRMS (2025). Halobates (Halobates) elephanta Andersen & Foster, 1992. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=478410 on 2025-05-02
Date
action
by
2010-05-28 10:14:24Z
created
Decock, Wim
2012-10-03 10:57:20Z
checked
Cheng, Lanna
2016-02-06 06:17:26Z
changed
Polhemus, Dan

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Nomenclature

original description Andersen, N. M.; Foster, W. A. (1992). Sea skaters of India, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives, with a new species and a revised key to Indian Ocean species of Halobates and Asclepios (Hemiptera, Gerridae). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 26: 533–553. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Andersen, N.M.; Cheng, L. (2004). The marine insect <i>Halobates</i> (Heteroptera: Gerridae): biology, adaptations, distribution and phylogeny. <em>Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev.</em> 42: 119-180. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Ikawa, T.; Okabe, H.; Cheng, L. (2012). Skaters of the seas – comparative ecology of nearshore and pelagic Halobates species (Hemiptera: Gerridae), with special reference to Japanese species Mar. Biol. Res. 8(10): 915-936. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype ZMUC, verbatimGeounit India, “Bombay” [Mum... [details]
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