WoRMS taxon details
Mesopleustes abyssorum (Stebbing, 1888)
102995 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:102995)
accepted
Species
Pleustes abyssorum Stebbing, 1888 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pleustes abyssorum Stebbing, 1888) Stebbing, T.R.R. (1888). Report on the Amphipoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 29 (part 67): i-xxiv, 1-1737, pl. 1-212., available online at http://19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-67/htm/doc.html
page(s): 872 [details]
page(s): 872 [details]
Type locality contained in Prince Edward Islands Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Prince Edward Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [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. Mesopleustes abyssorum (Stebbing, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=102995 on 2026-09-27
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Nomenclature
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(of Pleustes abyssorum Stebbing, 1888) Stebbing, T.R.R. (1888). Report on the Amphipoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 29 (part 67): i-xxiv, 1-1737, pl. 1-212., available online at http://19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-67/htm/doc.html
page(s): 872 [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): 872 [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]
Ecology
ecology source
Pérez‐Schultheiss, J.; Esquete, P.; Henningsen, A.; Soto, E.; Marlow, J. (2026). Hitch‐hiking in the deep sea: Amphipods embrace sea spiders in the Southeast Pacific Ocean. <em>Ecology.</em> 107(9)., available online at https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/downloadSupplement?doi=10.1002%2Fecy.70443&file=ecy70443-sup-0001-Appendix_S1.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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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]
additional source Barnard, J. L. (1964). Some bathyal Pacific Amphipoda collected by the U.S.S. Albatross. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 18: 315-335. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Barnard, J.L. (1967). Bathyal and abyssal Gammaridean Amphipoda of Cedros Trench, Baja California. <em>United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 260: 1-205; 92 figs., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.260.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Chevreux, E. (1927). Malacostracés (suite). III. Amphipode. <em>Expéditions scientifiques du "Travailleur" et du "Talisman" pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883.</em> 9: 41-152; 14 pls. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pirlot, J. M. (1933). Les amphipodes de l'expédition du Siboga. Deuxième partie. Les amphipodes gammarides. II. Les amphipodes de la mer profonde. 1. (Lysianassidae, Stegocephalidae, Stenothoidae, Pleustidae, Lepechinellidae). Siboga-Expeditie. <em>Uitkomsten op zoologisch, botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indie 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga.</em> 33: 115-167; figs. 35-60. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Barnard, J. L. (1964). Some bathyal Pacific Amphipoda collected by the U.S.S. Albatross. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 18: 315-335. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Barnard, J.L. (1967). Bathyal and abyssal Gammaridean Amphipoda of Cedros Trench, Baja California. <em>United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 260: 1-205; 92 figs., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.260.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Chevreux, E. (1927). Malacostracés (suite). III. Amphipode. <em>Expéditions scientifiques du "Travailleur" et du "Talisman" pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883.</em> 9: 41-152; 14 pls. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pirlot, J. M. (1933). Les amphipodes de l'expédition du Siboga. Deuxième partie. Les amphipodes gammarides. II. Les amphipodes de la mer profonde. 1. (Lysianassidae, Stegocephalidae, Stenothoidae, Pleustidae, Lepechinellidae). Siboga-Expeditie. <em>Uitkomsten op zoologisch, botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indie 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga.</em> 33: 115-167; figs. 35-60. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
