WoRMS taxon details
Halobates (Halobates) matsumurai Esaki, 1924
478507 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:478507)
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Species
marine
Esaki, T. (1924). On the genus Halobates from Japanese and Formosan coasts (Hemiptera: Gerridae). <em>Psyche.</em> 31: 112–119., available online at https://doi.org/10.1155/1924/62419 [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype KUEC, verbatimGeounit “Northern Formosa” [...
Holotype KUEC, verbatimGeounit “Northern Formosa” [... [details]
WoRMS (2026). Halobates (Halobates) matsumurai Esaki, 1924. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=478507 on 2026-04-03
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Esaki, T. (1924). On the genus Halobates from Japanese and Formosan coasts (Hemiptera: Gerridae). <em>Psyche.</em> 31: 112–119., available online at https://doi.org/10.1155/1924/62419 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Andersen, N.M.; Cheng, L. (2004). The marine insect <i>Halobates</i> (Heteroptera: Gerridae): biology, adaptations, distribution and phylogeny. <em>Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev.</em> 42: 119-180. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]basis of record Andersen, N.M.; Cheng, L. (2004). The marine insect <i>Halobates</i> (Heteroptera: Gerridae): biology, adaptations, distribution and phylogeny. <em>Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev.</em> 42: 119-180. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Ikawa, T.; Okabe, H.; Cheng, L. (2012). Skaters of the seas – comparative ecology of nearshore and pelagic Halobates species (Hemiptera: Gerridae), with special reference to Japanese species Mar. Biol. Res. 8(10): 915-936., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2012.705848 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype KUEC, verbatimGeounit “Northern Formosa” [... [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | シロウミアメンボ | [details] |
