WoRMS taxon details
Elasmopus polynesus Krapp-Schickel & Müller in Lowry & Myers, 2013
744374 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:744374)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lowry, J. K.; Myers, A. A. (2013). Validation of certain family, generic and species names in Krapp-Schickel & Müller, 2011 and Lowry & Myers, 2013. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3731(3): 399-400., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3731.3.11 [details] Available for editors 
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Krapp-Schickel, T.; Müller, H.G.(2011). Known and unknown hadzioidean amphipods (Crustacea) from Polynesia with Elasmopus polynesus sp. nov. and Kairos segregans gen. nov., sp. nov. Marine Biodiversity Records, 4(e92): 1-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755267211000820 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]Krapp-Schickel, T.; Müller, H.G.(2011). Known and unknown hadzioidean amphipods (Crustacea) from Polynesia with Elasmopus polynesus sp. nov. and Kairos segregans gen. nov., sp. nov. Marine Biodiversity Records, 4(e92): 1-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755267211000820 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype MCSN 462, 7217–7220 slides, geounit Society...
Holotype MCSN 462, 7217–7220 slides, geounit Society Islands [details]
Etymology Polynices was one of the sons of Oedipus and brother of Antigone, he fought over the kingship of Thebes. The name should...
Etymology Polynices was one of the sons of Oedipus and brother of Antigone, he fought over the kingship of Thebes. The name should allude to the type locality of French Polynesia. [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. Elasmopus polynesus Krapp-Schickel & Müller in Lowry & Myers, 2013. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744374 on 2025-09-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Lowry, J. K.; Myers, A. A. (2013). Validation of certain family, generic and species names in Krapp-Schickel & Müller, 2011 and Lowry & Myers, 2013. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3731(3): 399-400., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3731.3.11 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) Krapp-Schickel, T.; Müller, H.G.(2011). Known and unknown hadzioidean amphipods (Crustacea) from Polynesia with Elasmopus polynesus sp. nov. and Kairos segregans gen. nov., sp. nov. Marine Biodiversity Records, 4(e92): 1-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755267211000820 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) Krapp-Schickel, T.; Müller, H.G.(2011). Known and unknown hadzioidean amphipods (Crustacea) from Polynesia with Elasmopus polynesus sp. nov. and Kairos segregans gen. nov., sp. nov. Marine Biodiversity Records, 4(e92): 1-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755267211000820 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MCSN 462, 7217–7220 slides, geounit Society Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Ecology From fringe of coral reef, dead corals, covered with algae andsponges, 0.5–2 m depth. [details]
Etymology Polynices was one of the sons of Oedipus and brother of Antigone, he fought over the kingship of Thebes. The name should allude to the type locality of French Polynesia. [details]
