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Stephonyx scutatus (Griffiths, 1977) 
AphiaID: 557644

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Amphipoda (Order) > Gammaridea (Suborder) > Lysianassoidea (Superfamily) > Uristidae (Family) > Stephonyx (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Stephonyx Lowry & Stoddart, 1989
Synonymised
taxa
  Euonyx scutatus Griffiths, 1977 (basionym)
Source  context source (Deepsea): Barnard J.L. & Barnard C. M. (1990) Geographical Index to Marine Gammaridea (Amphipoda). Division of Crustacea, Dept of Zoology, Natural Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. USA 2050. 139 pp. [details]

Environment marine
Distribution type locality: South Atlantic [details]
Feedingtype  scavenger [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes  Depth zone: Upper abyssal (2000 to 4000 m), 2900 m. [details]

Type material: Holotype female, 16 mm. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:557644
Taxonomic
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2011-01-05 10:31:20Z  created  Lowry, Jim
  
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  Citation: Lowry, J. (2013). Stephonyx scutatus (Griffiths, 1977). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=557644 on 2013-05-18
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