WoRMS taxon details
Cyamus balaenopterae K.H. Barnard, 1931
AphiaID: 214803
AphiaID: 214803
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Amphipoda (Order) > Senticaudata (Suborder) > Corophiida (Infraorder) > Caprellidira (Parvorder) > Caprelloidea (Superfamily) > Cyamidae (Family) > Cyamus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Cyamus Latreille, 1796 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: De Broyer C., Lowry J.K., Jazdzewski K. & Robert H. (2007). Catalogue of the Gammaridean and Corophiidean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Southern Ocean, with distribution and ecological data. In: De Broyer C. (ed.). Census of Antarctic Marine Life: Synopsis of the Amphipoda of the Southern Ocean. Vol. I. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Biologie 77, suppl. 1: 1-325. [details] [full text]
basis of record: Griffiths C.L. (1974b). The Amphipoda of Southern Africa. 3.The Gammaridea and Caprellidea of Natal. Annals of the South African Museum, 62, 7, 209-264; 8 figs.;. [details] additional source: Fenwick, G.D. (2009). Amphipoda (Crustacea). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | type locality: South Africa [details] Antarctic Ocean [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] South Africa (country) [details] | ||||||||||
| Specimen | Unknown type: BMNH 1936.11.2.3495-3501 [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Association: Ectocommensal on Balaenoptera musculus (L.), Balaenoptera physalus (L.), Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède. [details] Description: Widespread on fin whales an blue whales (Griffiths, 1974). [details] Distribution: All oceans, particularly in higher latitudes (based on distribution of hosts). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214803 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Lowry, J. (2013). Cyamus balaenopterae K.H. Barnard, 1931. In: Lowry, J. (2013) World Amphipoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214803 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||
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