WoRMS taxon details
Hyalella azteca (Saussure, 1858)
158105 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158105)
accepted
Species
Allorchestes knickerbockeri Spence Bate, 1863 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ampithoe aztecus Saussure, 1858 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Hyalella fluvialis Harford, 1877 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hyalella knickerbockeri (Spence Bate, 1863) · unaccepted
Hyalella ornata Pearse, 1911 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lockingtonia fluvialis Harford, 1877 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
recent only
(of Ampithoe aztecus Saussure, 1858) de Saussure, H. (1858). Mémoire sur divers Crustacés nouveaux des Antilles et du Mexique. <em>Mémoires de la Société Physique et d'Histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 14(2): 417-496, pls. I-VI. [details] 
Distribution North and Central America and Caribbean Islands
Distribution North and Central America and Caribbean Islands [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. Hyalella azteca (Saussure, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158105 on 2026-01-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Hyalella ornata Pearse, 1911) Pearse, A.S. (1911). Report on the Crustacea collected by the University of Michigan-Walker Expedition in the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. <em>Reports of the Michigan Academy of Science.</em> 13:108-112. [details]
original description (of Ampithoe aztecus Saussure, 1858) de Saussure, H. (1858). Mémoire sur divers Crustacés nouveaux des Antilles et du Mexique. <em>Mémoires de la Société Physique et d'Histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 14(2): 417-496, pls. I-VI. [details]
original description (of Allorchestes knickerbockeri Spence Bate, 1863) Bate, C. S. (1863). Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum Natural History: London.</em> i-iv + 1-399, pls. 1-58., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.20901
page(s): 36 [details]
original description (of Lockingtonia fluvialis Harford, 1877) Harford, W. G. W. (1877). Description of a new genus and three new species of sessile-eyed Crustacea. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 7: 53-55., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3180236 [details]
basis of record Bousfield, E. L. (1973). Shallow-water gammaridean Amphipoda of New England. <em>Cornell University Press, Ithaca.</em> 312 pp. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Ampithoe aztecus Saussure, 1858) de Saussure, H. (1858). Mémoire sur divers Crustacés nouveaux des Antilles et du Mexique. <em>Mémoires de la Société Physique et d'Histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 14(2): 417-496, pls. I-VI. [details]
original description (of Allorchestes knickerbockeri Spence Bate, 1863) Bate, C. S. (1863). Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum Natural History: London.</em> i-iv + 1-399, pls. 1-58., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.20901
page(s): 36 [details]
original description (of Lockingtonia fluvialis Harford, 1877) Harford, W. G. W. (1877). Description of a new genus and three new species of sessile-eyed Crustacea. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 7: 53-55., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3180236 [details]
basis of record Bousfield, E. L. (1973). Shallow-water gammaridean Amphipoda of New England. <em>Cornell University Press, Ithaca.</em> 312 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
redescription
Gonzalez, E. R.; Watling, L. (2002). Redescription of Hyalella azteca from its type locality Vera Cruz, Mexico. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 22 (1): 173-183. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]Other
context source (Bermuda)
Lazo-Wasem, E. A.; Gable, M. F. (1989). First report of a freshwater amphipod, (Gammaridea: Hyalellidae), Hyalella azteca (Saussure), from nonanchialine waters of Bermuda. Postilla - Peabody Museum of Natural History, 204: 1-4 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution North and Central America and Caribbean Islands [details]Habitat Found from shallow waters to 30 feet depth in sand and under stones. [details]
Reproduction ovigerous females in April to October [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | side swimmerMexican scudMexican freshwater shrimp | [details] |
| German | Mexikanischer FlohkrebsMexikanischer Bachflohkrebs | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1026 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hyalella ornata Pearse, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (63 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hyalella azteca)
To GenBank (88256 nucleotides; 32070 proteins)
To GenBank (88256 nucleotides; 32070 proteins) (from synonym Hyalella knickerbockeri (Spence Bate, 1863))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 285547 Hyalella azteca lateral at 18x photo)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 285547 Hyalella azteca lateral head and claw at 40x photo)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (136 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Hyalella ornata Pearse, 1911)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (20 records) (from synonym Hyalella knickerbockeri (Spence Bate, 1863))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 075646)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hyalella ornata Pearse, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (63 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hyalella azteca)
To GenBank (88256 nucleotides; 32070 proteins)
To GenBank (88256 nucleotides; 32070 proteins) (from synonym Hyalella knickerbockeri (Spence Bate, 1863))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 285547 Hyalella azteca lateral at 18x photo)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 285547 Hyalella azteca lateral head and claw at 40x photo)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (136 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Hyalella ornata Pearse, 1911)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (20 records) (from synonym Hyalella knickerbockeri (Spence Bate, 1863))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 075646)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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