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Ampelisca acris Griffiths, 1974 
AphiaID: 211228

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Amphipoda (Order) > Gammaridea (Suborder) > Ampeliscidae (Family) > Ampelisca (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Ampelisca Krøyer, 1842
Source  basis of record: GRIFFITHS C.L. (1974c). The Amphipoda of Southern Africa. 4.The Gammaridea and Caprellidea of the Cape Province East of Cape Agulhas Annals of the South African Museum, 65: 251-336. [details]

Environment marine
Distribution South Africa (country) [details]
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Note  Holotype: Holotype: SAM A13206, female, 11mm.
Type locality: MB 50Q, 34°11'S/22°09'E, 17 January 1956, depth 10 m, substrate rocky.
Barnard (1955) ascribed specimens of this species to A. excavata Barnard, 1925. Griffiths (1974) renamed Barnard's 1955 material as A. acris[details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211228
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2006-03-05 10:53:35Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-07-05 06:58:54Z  checked  Lowry, Jim
2010-07-12 10:06:06Z  changed  Lowry, Jim
  
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  Citation: Lowry, J. (2013). Ampelisca acris Griffiths, 1974. In: Lowry, J. (2013) World Amphipoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211228 on 2013-05-19
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