WoRMS taxon details
Chelorchestia forceps Smith & Heard, 2001
AphiaID: 421546
AphiaID: 421546
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Amphipoda (Order) > Senticaudata (Suborder) > Talitrida (Infraorder) > Talitridira (Parvorder) > Talitroidea (Superfamily) > Talitridae (Family) > Chelorchestia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Chelorchestia Bousfield, 1984 | |||||||||||||
| Source |
basis of record: LeCroy, S. E., R. Gasca, I. Winfield, M. Ortiz, and E. Escobar-Briones. 2009. Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 941–972 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College [details] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | brackish, fresh | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | type locality: Florida [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] | |||||||||||||
| Specimens |
Holotype: MCZ 27594 [details]
Paratype: MCZ 16020 [details] Paratype: MCZ 16021 [details] Paratype: MCZ 16022 [details] Paratype: MCZ 16023 [details] Paratype: USNM 230414 [details] | |||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | detritus feeder [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Amphipod Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Depth zone: Sublittoral, water depth 5–10 cm,. [details] Habitat: Freshwater/oligohaline, salinity 0.7‰, vegetation (Bacopa, Panicum, Spartina). [details] Paratype: 1 adult male, 3 subadult males, 2 females, 4 juveniles, UMA AR.1918; 2 adult males, 3 females (1 ovigerous), GCRL 201 [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:421546 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Lowry, J. (2013). Chelorchestia forceps. In: Horton, T.; Lowry, J. & De Broyer, C. (2013) World Amphipoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=421546 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||||||||
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