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Cheirimedon femoratus (Pfeffer, 1888) 
AphiaID: 237656

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Amphipoda (Order) > Gammaridea (Suborder) > Lysianassoidea (Superfamily) > Lysianassidae (Family) > Tryphosinae (Subfamily) > Cheirimedon (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Cheirimedon Stebbing, 1888
Synonymised
taxa		  Anonyx femoratus Pfeffer, 1888 (basionym)
 Cheirimedon dentimanus Chevreux, 1905
Source  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]

Distribution Antarctic Ocean [details]
Subantarctic Waters [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Images 
Amphipods (Cheirimedon femoratus) at the rests of a seal meal.
Amphipods (Cheirimedon femoratus) at the rests of a seal meal.
added on 2007-04-27 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: not checked

Cheirimedon femoratus is an omnivore.
Cheirimedon femoratus is an omnivore.
added on 2007-04-27 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: not checked

Destroyed macro fauna through an iceberg in a depth of 50 m
Destroyed macro fauna through an iceberg in a depth of 50 m
added on 2007-05-15 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:237656
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2007-02-13 15:46:39Z  created  De Broyer, Claude
2007-02-14 13:38:48Z  changed  De Broyer, Claude
2010-09-20 08:56:19Z  changed  Lowry, Jim
  
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  Citation: Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C. (2013). Cheirimedon femoratus (Pfeffer, 1888). In: Lowry, J. (2013) World Amphipoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=237656 on 2013-05-21
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