WoRMS taxon details
Tropichelura insulae (Calman, 1910)
431271 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:431271)
accepted
Species
Chelura insulae Calman, 1910 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Chelura insulae Calman, 1910) Calman W.T. (1910). On two new species of wood-boring Crustacea from Christmas Island. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (ser. 8) 5, pp. 181-186; pl. 5., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222931008692749 [details] 
Type locality contained in Christmas Island Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Holotype female, 5 mm, ?BMNH. Paratype: male,...
type locality contained in Christmas Island Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type material Holotype female, 5 mm, ?BMNH. Paratype: male, 7 mm, ?BMNH. [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. Tropichelura insulae (Calman, 1910). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431271 on 2025-10-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chelura insulae Calman, 1910) Calman W.T. (1910). On two new species of wood-boring Crustacea from Christmas Island. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (ser. 8) 5, pp. 181-186; pl. 5., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222931008692749 [details]
new combination reference Barnard, J.L. (1959). Generic partition in the amphipod family Cheluridae, marine wood borers. <em>Pacific Naturalist.</em> 1(3): 1-12. [details] Available for editors
[request]
new combination reference Barnard, J.L. (1959). Generic partition in the amphipod family Cheluridae, marine wood borers. <em>Pacific Naturalist.</em> 1(3): 1-12. [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range Littoral (0 to 30 m). [details]Type material Holotype female, 5 mm, ?BMNH. Paratype: male, 7 mm, ?BMNH. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Chelura insulae Calman, 1910)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Chelura insulae Calman, 1910)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Chelura insulae Calman, 1910)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Chelura insulae Calman, 1910)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
