WoRMS taxon details
Crangonyx serratus (Embody, 1911)
431507 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:431507)
accepted
Species
Ampithoe dentata Say, 1818 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eucrangonyx serratus Embody, 1911 · unaccepted > superseded combination
(of Eucrangonyx serratus Embody, 1911) Embody G.C. (1911). A new fresh-water amphipod from Virginia with some notes on its biology. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 38, 299-305.
page(s): 299, figs 1-12 [details]
page(s): 299, figs 1-12 [details]
Type locality contained in Virginia
type locality contained in Virginia [from synonym] [view taxon] [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. Crangonyx serratus (Embody, 1911). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431507 on 2025-10-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Eucrangonyx serratus Embody, 1911) Embody G.C. (1911). A new fresh-water amphipod from Virginia with some notes on its biology. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 38, 299-305.
page(s): 299, figs 1-12 [details]
original description (of Ampithoe dentata Say, 1818) Say, T. (1817-1818). An account of the Crustacea of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 1(1):57-63, 65-80 (pl.), 97-101, 155-169 (1817); 1(2): 235-253, 313-319, 374-401, 423-441 (1818)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/244401#/summary
page(s): 383 [details]
new combination reference Schellenberg, A. (1937). Die Amphipodengattungen um Crangonyx, ihre Verbreitung und ihre Arten. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Zoologisches Museum und Institut für Spezielle Zoologie (Berlin).</em> 22(1): 31-44., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.19370220103 [details]
page(s): 299, figs 1-12 [details]
original description (of Ampithoe dentata Say, 1818) Say, T. (1817-1818). An account of the Crustacea of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 1(1):57-63, 65-80 (pl.), 97-101, 155-169 (1817); 1(2): 235-253, 313-319, 374-401, 423-441 (1818)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/244401#/summary
page(s): 383 [details]
new combination reference Schellenberg, A. (1937). Die Amphipodengattungen um Crangonyx, ihre Verbreitung und ihre Arten. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Zoologisches Museum und Institut für Spezielle Zoologie (Berlin).</em> 22(1): 31-44., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.19370220103 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Zhang, J.; Holsinger, J. R. (2003). Systematics of the freshwater amphipod genus Crangonyx (Crangonyctidae) in North America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History, Memoir.</em> 6, 274 pp.
page(s): 2-9, figs 147-149 [details] Available for editors
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status source Zhang, J.; Holsinger, J. R. (2003). Systematics of the freshwater amphipod genus Crangonyx (Crangonyctidae) in North America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History, Memoir.</em> 6, 274 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 2-9, figs 147-149 [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Zhang, J.; Holsinger, J. R. (2003). Systematics of the freshwater amphipod genus Crangonyx (Crangonyctidae) in North America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History, Memoir.</em> 6, 274 pp. [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Kornobis, E., Pálsson, S. & Svavarsson, J. (2012). Classification of Crangonyx islandicus (Amphipoda, Crangonyctidae) based on morphological characters and comparison with molecular phylogenies. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3233: 52-66.
note: in morphological phylogeny [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kornobis, E.; Pálsson, S.; Sidorov, D. A.; Holsinger, J. R.; Kristjánsson, B. K. (2011). Molecular taxonomy and phylogenetic affinities of two groundwater amphipods, Crangonyx islandicus and Crymostygius thingvallensis, endemic to Iceland. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 58(3): 527-539., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.12.010
note: mtDNA COI, 16S, nDNA 18S, 28S [details] Available for editors [request]
note: in morphological phylogeny [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kornobis, E.; Pálsson, S.; Sidorov, D. A.; Holsinger, J. R.; Kristjánsson, B. K. (2011). Molecular taxonomy and phylogenetic affinities of two groundwater amphipods, Crangonyx islandicus and Crymostygius thingvallensis, endemic to Iceland. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 58(3): 527-539., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.12.010
note: mtDNA COI, 16S, nDNA 18S, 28S [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Habitat Epigean: small bodies of water, including ponds, streams, and drainage ditches [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | serrate crangonyctid | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Crangonyx serratus)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Eucrangonyx serratus Embody, 1911)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Crangonyx serratus)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Eucrangonyx serratus Embody, 1911)
To ITIS
