WoRMS taxon details
Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana (Bate, 1857)
AphiaID: 103060
AphiaID: 103060
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Amphipoda (Order) > Senticaudata (Suborder) > Gammarida (Infraorder) > Gammaridira (Parvorder) > Gammaroidea (Superfamily) > Bathyporeiidae (Family) > Bathyporeia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Bathyporeia Lindström, 1855 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Bathyporeia norvegica (Synonym) | ||||||||||
| 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: Bachelet, G.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Sorbe, J.C. (2003). An updated checklist of marine and brackish water Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the southern Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic). Cah. Biol. Mar. 44(2): 121-151 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Arcachon Bay [details] Atlantic Europe [details] Baie de la Seine [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Black Sea [details] British Isles [details] Cordouan (lighthouse) [details] Doggersbank [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Golfe Normanno-Breton [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Grevelingen [details] Hammen [details] Haringvliet [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North Sea [details] Oosterschelde [details] Plymouth [details] Portland [details] Ría del Eo [details] Roscoff [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Veerse Meer [details] Voordelta [details] Wadden Sea [details] West-Oléron [details] Wimereux [details] Zeelandbrug [details] | ||||||||||
| Feedingtype | deposit feeder [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Amphipod Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Basionym: Thersites Guilliamsoniana Bate, 1857 [details] Biology: Bathyporeia spp. show two types of rnovement, swimming and burrowing, that may follow each other up in rapid succession. Often they seem to burrow with the dorsal side upwards. This may be associated with the breeding cycle. In deeper waters the spring rise in temperature initiates breeding, while in shallower waters it is induced by tidal phasing. Breeding of B. guilliamsoniana starts in January and becomes intense in May. In the deeper waters the breeding season is short and occurs only in spring. The breeding season in the shallower areas may extend into August (Watkin, 1939a, 1939b; Nicolaisen & Kanneworff, 1969; Finchham, 1971). Bathyporeia shows a typical feeding position lying upside down in a small cavity in the sand, and may be considered a selective deposit feeder. it feeds by cleaning sand grains from adhering micro-organisms and detritus (Nicolaisen & Kanneworff, 1969). [details] Description: Largest species of the Bathyporeia genus measuring up to 8 mm long. Robust and laterally flattened body. Head without rostrum but with clearly discernible eyes. The upper antennae seem to be standing on an outgrowth of the head. [details] Distribution: Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana was found in both periods across the entire Belgian part of the North Sea, with the exception of the eastern coastal zone. In both periods the species reached a maximum density of approximately 800 ind./m2. [details] Distribution: Iin the studied area B. guilliamsoniana is very abundant in the area of the Southern Bight, north of the Wadden islands, and at the Dogger Bank. The distribution pattern is almost the same as found for B. elegans, butB. guilliamsoniana is nearly missing at the Oyster Ground. [details] Distribution: often abundant [details] Habitat: B. guilliamsoniana mainly lives in medium to fine sand with a very low mud content. [details] Habitat: Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana prefers coarse sediments with a median grain size > 200 μm (relative occurrence > 20%). The species further avoids sediments with high mud contents (maximum 20%) and reaches its maximum relative occurrence (± 20%) in sediments with a mud content not exceeding 10%. [details] Morphology: B. guilliamsoniana is the largest species of the genus, with a length up to about 8 mm. The body is robust and laterally compressed. The head lacks a rostrum and the eyes are distinct. The telson is completely split. The body is devoid of pigment (Lincoln, 1979; Hayward & Ryland, 1990). Species of the genus Bathyporeia are remarkably similar in general morphology. They mostly differ in the number or size of little spines that are present at the plates covering their bodies. [details] Publication date: (Bate, 1856) [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103060 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Costello, M.; Bellan-Santini, D. (2013). Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana (Bate, 1857). In: Lowry, J. (2013) World Amphipoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103060 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||
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