WoRMS taxon details
Brachyscelus macrocephalus Stephensen, 1925
236553 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236553)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Stephensen, K. (1925). Hyperiidea - Amphipoda (Part. 3: Lyaeopsidae, Pronoidae, Lycaeidae, Brachyscelidae, Oxycephalidae, Parascelidae, Platyscelidae). <em>Report on the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908-1910 to the Mediterranean and Adjacent Seas.</em> 2, 151–252.
page(s): 177-179 fig. 66 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 177-179 fig. 66 [details] Available for editors
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Note There are several syntypes (approx. 36...
Type material There are several syntypes (approx. 36 specimens) of Brachyscelus macrocephalus in the NHMD, in alcohol. The type locality is the Mediterranean Sea, from several locations, mainly from the eastern basin; Thor stations 39, 43, 161, 277, 297, 298, 339, 340, 341, 385 (NHMD-87114–24; formerly CRU-9618–28 respectively). Stephensen (1925) illustrates a male and female (about 5 mm) from station 277 [33°20’N 27°30’E], 132 metres of
wire out (mw), 6 April 1911; partly dissected and labelled “Type” (NHMD-85006; formerly CRU-7162) [details]
wire out (mw), 6 April 1911; partly dissected and labelled “Type” (NHMD-85006; formerly CRU-7162) [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. Brachyscelus macrocephalus Stephensen, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236553 on 2025-08-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Stephensen, K. (1925). Hyperiidea - Amphipoda (Part. 3: Lyaeopsidae, Pronoidae, Lycaeidae, Brachyscelidae, Oxycephalidae, Parascelidae, Platyscelidae). <em>Report on the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908-1910 to the Mediterranean and Adjacent Seas.</em> 2, 151–252.
page(s): 177-179 fig. 66 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Ruffo, S. (2006). Crustacea Malacostraca Amphipoda. <em>in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana.</em> , available online at http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/ [details]
page(s): 177-179 fig. 66 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Ruffo, S. (2006). Crustacea Malacostraca Amphipoda. <em>in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana.</em> , available online at http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/ [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Zeidler, W. (2021). A review of the hyperiidean amphipod family Brachyscelidae Stephensen, 1923 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5026 (3): 405–439., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5026.3.4 [details] Available for editors [request]
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context source (Bermuda)
Morris, B. F. (1975). The neuston of the Northwest Atlantic
. Ph.D. thesis - Dalhousie University. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype NHMD NHMD-85006, geounit East Mediterranean [details]
From editor or global species database
Type material There are several syntypes (approx. 36 specimens) of Brachyscelus macrocephalus in the NHMD, in alcohol. The type locality is the Mediterranean Sea, from several locations, mainly from the eastern basin; Thor stations 39, 43, 161, 277, 297, 298, 339, 340, 341, 385 (NHMD-87114–24; formerly CRU-9618–28 respectively). Stephensen (1925) illustrates a male and female (about 5 mm) from station 277 [33°20’N 27°30’E], 132 metres of wire out (mw), 6 April 1911; partly dissected and labelled “Type” (NHMD-85006; formerly CRU-7162) [details]
