WoRMS taxon details
Chelura terebrans Philippi, 1839
102075 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:102075)
accepted
Species
Chelura cambrica McNeill, 1932 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chelura nesaeoides (White, 1847) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Chelura pontica Czerniavsky, 1868 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Chelura xylophaga (Hesse, 1868) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Limnoria xylophaga Hesse, 1868 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Nemertes nesaeoides White, 1847 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Philippi, A. (1839). Einige zoologische Notizen. Beobachtungen über Copepoden. [Some zoological notes. Observations on copepods.]. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 5: 113-134, pls 3-4. (English translation: Ann. Nat. Hist. 4 (1840):88-96, 294-304, pls. 3-4, as: Zoological Notices.).
page(s): 120 [details]
page(s): 120 [details]
Distribution Cosmopolitan (Griffiths, 1974).
Distribution Cosmopolitan (Griffiths, 1974). [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. (2026). World Amphipoda Database. Chelura terebrans Philippi, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=102075 on 2026-09-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Philippi, A. (1839). Einige zoologische Notizen. Beobachtungen über Copepoden. [Some zoological notes. Observations on copepods.]. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 5: 113-134, pls 3-4. (English translation: Ann. Nat. Hist. 4 (1840):88-96, 294-304, pls. 3-4, as: Zoological Notices.).
page(s): 120 [details]
original description (of Chelura pontica Czerniavsky, 1868) Czerniavsky, V. (1868). Materialia ad Zoographiam Ponticam Comparatam. I. Studiosi Universitatis Charcoviensis. <em>St. Petersburg.</em> Pp. 1-136, pls. I-VIII. [details]
original description (of Limnoria xylophaga Hesse, 1868) Hesse, E. (1868). Observations sur des crustacés rares ou nouveaux des cotes France (quinzième article). Description d'un nouveau crustacé appartenant au genre limnorie. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie et Paléontologie, ser. 5.</em> 10: 101-120, pl. 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29123662, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29123963 [details]
original description (of Chelura cambrica McNeill, 1932) Iredale T. & McNeill, F.A. (1932). War against pests. <em>Austr. Mus. Mag.</em> 3 (6) April-June 1928, pp. 197-200, 6 figs.
page(s): 199 [details]
basis of record Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. <em>in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 120 [details]
original description (of Chelura pontica Czerniavsky, 1868) Czerniavsky, V. (1868). Materialia ad Zoographiam Ponticam Comparatam. I. Studiosi Universitatis Charcoviensis. <em>St. Petersburg.</em> Pp. 1-136, pls. I-VIII. [details]
original description (of Limnoria xylophaga Hesse, 1868) Hesse, E. (1868). Observations sur des crustacés rares ou nouveaux des cotes France (quinzième article). Description d'un nouveau crustacé appartenant au genre limnorie. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie et Paléontologie, ser. 5.</em> 10: 101-120, pl. 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29123662, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29123963 [details]
original description (of Chelura cambrica McNeill, 1932) Iredale T. & McNeill, F.A. (1932). War against pests. <em>Austr. Mus. Mag.</em> 3 (6) April-June 1928, pp. 197-200, 6 figs.
page(s): 199 [details]
basis of record Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. <em>in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Barnard J. L.; Barnard C. M. (1990). Geographical Index to Marine Gammaridea (Amphipoda). <em>Division of Crustacea, Dept of Zoology, Natural Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.</em> 1-139. [details]
context source (Bermuda) Kunkel, B. W. (1910). The Amphipoda of Bermuda. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 16: 1-116., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7321769 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). <i>The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong</i>. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004630673 [details]
context source (WoRCS) Navarro-Barranco, C.; Martínez, A.; Sempere-Valverde, J.; Chebaane, S.; Digenis, M.; Plaitis, W.; Voultsiadou, E.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2023). Amphipods in Mediterranean Marine and Anchialine Caves: New Data and Overview of Existing Knowledge. <em>Diversity.</em> 15(12): 1180., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/12/1180 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Bachelet, G.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Sorbe, J. C. (2003). An updated checklist of marine and brackish water Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the southern Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic). <em>Cah. Biol. Mar.</em> 44(2): 121-151. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Barnard, J. L. (1950). The occurence of Chelura terebrans Philippi in Los Angeles and San Francisco harbors. <em>Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences.</em> 49: 90-97. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Griffiths, C. L. (1974). The Amphipoda of Southern Africa. 4. The Gammaridea and Caprellidea of the Cape Province East of Cape Agulhas. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 65: 251-336. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Bermuda) Kunkel, B. W. (1910). The Amphipoda of Bermuda. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 16: 1-116., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7321769 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). <i>The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong</i>. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004630673 [details]
context source (WoRCS) Navarro-Barranco, C.; Martínez, A.; Sempere-Valverde, J.; Chebaane, S.; Digenis, M.; Plaitis, W.; Voultsiadou, E.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2023). Amphipods in Mediterranean Marine and Anchialine Caves: New Data and Overview of Existing Knowledge. <em>Diversity.</em> 15(12): 1180., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/12/1180 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bachelet, G.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Sorbe, J. C. (2003). An updated checklist of marine and brackish water Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the southern Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic). <em>Cah. Biol. Mar.</em> 44(2): 121-151. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Barnard, J. L. (1950). The occurence of Chelura terebrans Philippi in Los Angeles and San Francisco harbors. <em>Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences.</em> 49: 90-97. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Griffiths, C. L. (1974). The Amphipoda of Southern Africa. 4. The Gammaridea and Caprellidea of the Cape Province East of Cape Agulhas. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 65: 251-336. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Cosmopolitan (Griffiths, 1974). [details]
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (199 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chelura terebrans)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Chelura cambrica McNeill, 1932)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 082279)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (199 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chelura terebrans)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Chelura cambrica McNeill, 1932)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 082279)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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