WoRMS taxon details
Podocerus chelonophilus (Chevreux & de Guerne, 1888)
103052 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103052)
accepted
Species
Cyrtophium chelonophilum Chevreux & de Guerne, 1888 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Platophium cheloniae Stebbing, 1888 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Podocerus cheloniae (Stebbing, 1888) · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Podocerus umigame Yamato, 1992 · alternative representation
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cyrtophium chelonophilum Chevreux & de Guerne, 1888) Chevreux E. & De Guerne J. (1888). Sur un amphipode nouveau Cyrtophium chelonophilum, commensal de Thalassochelys caretta L. <em>Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences.</em> 106, 625-628. [details] 
Type locality contained in Algerian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Algerian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Depth range Littoral (0 to 30 m).
Depth range Littoral (0 to 30 m). [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. Podocerus chelonophilus (Chevreux & de Guerne, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103052 on 2025-07-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cyrtophium chelonophilum Chevreux & de Guerne, 1888) Chevreux E. & De Guerne J. (1888). Sur un amphipode nouveau Cyrtophium chelonophilum, commensal de Thalassochelys caretta L. <em>Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences.</em> 106, 625-628. [details]
original description (of Podocerus umigame Yamato, 1992) Yamato S. (1992). A New Species of Podocerus (Amphipoda: Podoceridae) from the Carapace of a Loggerhead Sea Turtle in Japan. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 35, 4/5, pp. 281-288;3 figs. [details]
original description (of Platophium cheloniae 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 [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]
original description (of Podocerus umigame Yamato, 1992) Yamato S. (1992). A New Species of Podocerus (Amphipoda: Podoceridae) from the Carapace of a Loggerhead Sea Turtle in Japan. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 35, 4/5, pp. 281-288;3 figs. [details]
original description (of Platophium cheloniae 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 [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]
Other
additional source
LeCroy, S. E.; Gasca, R.; Winfield, I.; Ortiz, M.; Escobar-Briones, E. (2009). Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College.</em> Pp. 941–972. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Iwasa-Arai, T.; Gallo Neto, H.; Beneton Ferioli, R.; Werneck, M. R. (2020). Notes on amphipods associated with loggerhead marine turtle Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) in south-eastern Brazil. <em>Nauplius.</em> 28., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2020034 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Iwasa-Arai, T.; Gallo Neto, H.; Beneton Ferioli, R.; Werneck, M. R. (2020). Notes on amphipods associated with loggerhead marine turtle Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) in south-eastern Brazil. <em>Nauplius.</em> 28., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2020034 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Depth range Littoral (0 to 30 m). [details]Habitat Epibiontic on the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)) and the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)). [details]
Synonymy Platophium cheloniae Stebbing, 1888; Platophium chelonophilum. –Chevreux, 1900; Podocerus cheloniae. –Stebbing, 1906; ? Podocerus umigame Yamato, 1992 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ウミガメドロノミ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Podocerus umigame Yamato, 1992)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Podocerus chelonophilus)
To Genbank (from synonym Cyrtophium chelonophilum Chevreux & de Guerne, 1888)
To Genbank
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 105289)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Podocerus umigame Yamato, 1992)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Podocerus chelonophilus)
To Genbank (from synonym Cyrtophium chelonophilum Chevreux & de Guerne, 1888)
To Genbank
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 105289)
To ITIS
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