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Psammonyx Bousfield, 1973

158139  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158139)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Peracarida (Superorder)
  9. Amphipoda (Order)
  10. Amphilochidea (Suborder)
  11. Lysianassida (Infraorder)
  12. Lysianassidira (Parvorder)
  13. Lysianassoidea (Superfamily)
  14. Tryphosidae (Family)
  15. Psammonyx (Genus)
 unaccepted (junior homonym)
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  1. Species Psammonyx boreopacificus (Gurjanova, 1962) accepted as Wecomedon boreopacificus (Gurjanova, 1962) (superseded recombination)
  2. Species Psammonyx kudrjaschovi Budnikova, 2005 accepted as Wecomedon kudrjaschovi (Budnikova, 2005) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  3. Species Psammonyx kurilicus (Gurjanova, 1962) accepted as Wecomedon kurilicus (Gurjanova, 1962) (superseded recombination)
  4. Species Psammonyx longimerus Jarrett & Bousfield, 1982 accepted as Wecomedon longimerus (Jarrett & Bousfield, 1982) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  5. Species Psammonyx minusculus (Gurjanova, 1938) accepted as Wecomedon minusculus (Gurjanova, 1938) (superseded recombination)
  6. Species Psammonyx nobilis (Stimpson, 1853) accepted as Wecomedon nobilis (Stimpson, 1853) (superseded recombination)
  7. Species Psammonyx similis (Jarrett & Bousfield, 1982) accepted as Wecomedon similis Jarrett & Bousfield, 1982 (superseded recombination)
  8. Species Psammonyx terranovae Steele, 1979 accepted as Wecomedon terranovae (Steele, 1979) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  9. Species Psammonyx tzvetkovae Budnikova, 2005 accepted as Wecomedon tzvetkovae (Budnikova, 2005) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  10. Species Psammonyx wecomus (J.L. Barnard, 1971) accepted as Wecomedon wecomus (J.L. Barnard, 1971) (superseded recombination)
  11. Species Psammonyx wirketis (Gurjanova, 1962) accepted as Wecomedon wirketis (Gurjanova, 1962) (superseded recombination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bousfield, E. L. (1973). Shallow-water gammaridean Amphipoda of New England. <em>Cornell University Press, Ithaca.</em> 312 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Taxonomic remark Psammonyx Bousfield, 1973 is a junior homonym of Psammonyx Döderlein, 1892. It is replaced by the re-established name...  
Taxonomic remark Psammonyx Bousfield, 1973 is a junior homonym of Psammonyx Döderlein, 1892. It is replaced by the re-established name Wecomedon Jarrett & Bousfield, 1982. [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. Psammonyx Bousfield, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158139 on 2025-05-10
Date
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2005-05-25 08:24:16Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2007-02-10 20:29:11Z
changed
De Broyer, Claude
2010-09-20 08:56:19Z
changed
Lowry, Jim
2014-02-16 19:57:51Z
changed
Horton, Tammy
2016-07-14 12:35:04Z
changed
Horton, Tammy
2018-02-18 14:01:20Z
changed
Horton, Tammy
2018-05-30 06:48:44Z
changed
Horton, Tammy

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Nomenclature

original description Bousfield, E. L. (1973). Shallow-water gammaridean Amphipoda of New England. <em>Cornell University Press, Ithaca.</em> 312 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

status source Horton, T. (2018). Wecomedon Jarrett & Bousfield, 1982, a replacement name for the amphipod genus Psammonyx Bousfield, 1973 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Tryphosidae), preoccupied by Psammonyx Döderlein, 1892 (Foraminifera, Astrorhizida, Ammovolummidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 750: 41-44., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.750.24529 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Budnikova. (2005). Two New Species of Psammonyx and the Identity of the Genus Wecomedon (Amphipoda, Gammaridea). <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 40(3-4) : 179-197. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Steele D.H. (1979). A new species of Psammonyx (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassidae) from the Northwestern Atlantic. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 57, 6, 1215-1221., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z79-155 [details] 

 
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Taxonomic remark Psammonyx Bousfield, 1973 is a junior homonym of Psammonyx Döderlein, 1892. It is replaced by the re-established name Wecomedon Jarrett & Bousfield, 1982. [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Psammonyx) 
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