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Stephonyx Lowry & Stoddart, 1989 
AphiaID: 101656

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Amphipoda (Order) > Gammaridea (Suborder) > Lysianassoidea (Superfamily) > Uristidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Euonyx biscayensis Chevreux, 1908 (type by original designation)
Parent Uristidae Hurley, 1963
Sources  original description: Lowry J.K. & Stoddart H.E. (1989b). Stephonyx, a new, widespread genus of lysianassoid Amphipoda. Zoologica Scripta, 18, 4, 519-525. [details]

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]

identification resource: Lowry J.K. & Stoddart H.E. (1989b). Stephonyx, a new, widespread genus of lysianassoid Amphipoda. Zoologica Scripta, 18, 4, 519-525. [details]

identification resource: Senna, A.R. & Serejo, C.S. (2007) A new deep-sea species of Stephonyx (Lysianassoidea) from off the central coast of Brazil. Nauplius, 15(1), 7-14. [details]

identification resource: Narahara, Y.; Tomikawa, K. & Torigoe, K. (2012). Four species of the genus Stephonyx (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Uristidae) from Japan, with description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 23-24(46) pp. 1477-1507, available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012.675598 [details]

identification resource: Diffenthal M, Horton T. 2007. Stephonyx arabiensis (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea: Uristidae), a new deep-water scavenger species from the Indian Ocean, with a key to the genus Stephonyx. Zootaxa. 1665:31–41. [details]

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 Species Stephonyx arabiensis Diffenthal & Horton, 2007
Species Stephonyx biscayensis (Chevreux, 1908)
Species Stephonyx carinatus Bellan-Santini, 1997
Species Stephonyx incertus Bellan-Santini, 1997
Species Stephonyx laqueus (J.L. Barnard, 1967)
Species Stephonyx mytilus (Barnard & Ingram, 1990)
Species Stephonyx normani (Stebbing, 1888)
Species Stephonyx perexcavatus Narahara, Tomikawa & Torigoe, 2012
Species Stephonyx pirloti (Sheard, 1938)
Species Stephonyx scutatus (Griffiths, 1977)
Species Stephonyx talismani (Chevreux, 1919-20)
Species Stephonyx uncinatus Senna & Serejo, 2007
Environment marine
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101656
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
2007-02-10 20:29:11Z  changed  De Broyer, Claude
2011-01-04 08:25:03Z  changed  Lowry, Jim
2011-01-05 10:31:20Z  changed  Lowry, Jim
  
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  Citation: Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Costello, M.; Bellan-Santini, D. (2013). Stephonyx Lowry & Stoddart, 1989. In: Lowry, J. (2013) World Amphipoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101656 on 2013-05-25
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