WoRMS name details
Onisimus punctatus (Spence Bate, 1863)
557590 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:557590)
uncertain > nomen dubium
Species
Anonyx punctatus Spence Bate, 1863 · unaccepted (superseded original combintation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Anonyx punctatus Spence Bate, 1863) Bate, C. S. (1863). Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum Natural History: London.</em> i-iv + 1-399, pls. 1-58., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.20901 [details] 
Taxonomic remark Steele (1969), studied the type specimen of Anonyx punctatus Bate 1862. (BMNH No. 68: 107(14). Bering Strait, W. Stimpson...
Taxonomic remark The use of the name ‘Spence Bate’ instead of ‘Bate’ is discussed herein. See page 201.
Taxonomic remark Steele (1969), studied the type specimen of Anonyx punctatus Bate 1862. (BMNH No. 68: 107(14). Bering Strait, W. Stimpson coll., 1 specimen) and transferred it to the genus Onisimus, suggesting it was a nomen dubium since the genus to which the species belongs was in need of revision. [details]
Taxonomic remark The use of the name ‘Spence Bate’ instead of ‘Bate’ is discussed herein. See page 201.
Taxonomic remark The use of the name ‘Spence Bate’ instead of ‘Bate’ is discussed herein. See page 201. [details]
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Onisimus punctatus (Spence Bate, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=557590 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
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(of Anonyx punctatus Spence Bate, 1863) Bate, C. S. (1863). Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum Natural History: London.</em> i-iv + 1-399, pls. 1-58., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.20901 [details]
Taxonomy
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Steele D.H. (1969). Additional Comments on the genus Anonyx (Crustacea, Amphipoda) of the Atlantic and Arctic coasts of North America. Journal of Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 26, 3, 683-686. [details] Available for editors 
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Taxonomic remark Steele (1969), studied the type specimen of Anonyx punctatus Bate 1862. (BMNH No. 68: 107(14). Bering Strait, W. Stimpson coll., 1 specimen) and transferred it to the genus Onisimus, suggesting it was a nomen dubium since the genus to which the species belongs was in need of revision. [details]Taxonomic remark The use of the name ‘Spence Bate’ instead of ‘Bate’ is discussed herein. See page 201. [details]
