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Brachyscelidae Stephensen, 1923 
AphiaID: 101414

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Amphipoda (Order) > Hyperiidea (Suborder) > Physocephalata (Infraorder) > Platysceloidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Platysceloidea
Sources  basis of record: Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 295-308 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.; White, R. (Ed.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-538-0. 463 pp. [details]

additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details]

identification resource: Vinogradov M.E., Volkov A.F. & Semenova T.N. (1996). Hyperiid amphipods (Amphipoda, Hyperiidea) of the world oceans. Science Publishers, Inc., Lebanon, NH, 632., available online at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35848198
page(s): 488 [details]

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[hide all]		 Genus Brachyscelus Bate, 1861
  » Species Brachyscelus crusculum Bate, 1861
» Species Brachyscelus globiceps (Claus, 1879)
» Species Brachyscelus macrocephalus Stephensen, 1925
» Species Brachyscelus rapacoides Stephensen, 1925
» Species Brachyscelus rapax (Claus, 1879)
» Species Brachyscelus mediterranea accepted as Brachyscelus crusculum Bate, 1861
Genus Thamneus Bovallius, 1887
  » Species Thamneus rostratus Bovallius, 1887
» Species Thamneus platyrhynchus Stebbing, 1888 accepted as Thamneus rostratus Bovallius, 1887

Genus Euthamneus Bovallius, 1890 accepted as Thamneus Bovallius, 1887
  » Species Euthamneus platyrhynchus Spandl, 1927 accepted as Thamneus rostratus Bovallius, 1887
» Species Euthamneus recurvirostris Chevreux, 1900 accepted as Thamneus rostratus Bovallius, 1887
» Species Euthamneus rostratus (Bovallius, 1887) accepted as Thamneus rostratus Bovallius, 1887
Environment marine
Link To GenBank
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101414
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan-Santini, Denise
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  checked  Costello, Mark
2005-05-02 12:40:44Z  changed  Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-07-08 10:18:46Z  changed  Lowry, Jim
  
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  Citation: Lowry, J.; Costello, M.; Bellan-Santini, D. (2013). Brachyscelidae Stephensen, 1923. In: Lowry, J. (2013) World Amphipoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101414 on 2013-05-24
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