WoRMS taxon details
Apotectonia heterostegos Barnard & Ingram, 1990
488210 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:488210)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Barnard, J.L. & Ingram, C.L. (1990). Lysianassoid Amphipoda (Crustacea) from deep-sea thermal vents. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> (499), 1-80., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.499 [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype USNM 195149, geounit Pacific Ocean
Holotype USNM 195149, geounit Pacific Ocean [details]
Depth range upper abyssal: 2451-2488
Etymology The species name is from the Greek heteros (different) plus stegos (cover, sheath (plate)), referring to the unusual number...
Depth range upper abyssal: 2451-2488 [details]
Etymology The species name is from the Greek heteros (different) plus stegos (cover, sheath (plate)), referring to the unusual number...
Etymology The species name is from the Greek heteros (different) plus stegos (cover, sheath (plate)), referring to the unusual number of oostegites (5) in this species. [details]
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Apotectonia heterostegos Barnard & Ingram, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=488210 on 2025-10-10
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Nomenclature
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Barnard, J.L. & Ingram, C.L. (1990). Lysianassoid Amphipoda (Crustacea) from deep-sea thermal vents. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> (499), 1-80., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.499 [details] Available for editors [request]
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context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 195149, geounit Pacific Ocean [details]
