World Amphipoda Database - Elasmopus spinicarpus Berents, 1983

WoRMS taxon details

Elasmopus spinicarpus Berents, 1983

AphiaID

531714 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:531714)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Elasmopus A. Costa, 1853

Original name

Elasmopus spinicarpus Berents, 1983

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Berents, P. B. (1983). The Melitidae of Lizard Island and Adjacent Reefs, The Great Barrier Reef, Australia (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Records of the Australian Museum. 35: 3-4.
page(s): 121 [details] Available for editors

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Type data

Holotype AM P30212

Holotype AM P30212 [details]

, Type locality contained in Lizard Island (Queensland)

type locality contained in Lizard Island (Queensland) [details]

Descriptive notes

Depth range Littoral (0 to 30 m)

Depth range Littoral (0 to 30 m) [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Elasmopus spinicarpus Berents, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531714 on 2025-05-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-10-13 07:06:51Z

created

Lowry, Jim

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Berents, P. B. (1983). The Melitidae of Lizard Island and Adjacent Reefs, The Great Barrier Reef, Australia (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Records of the Australian Museum. 35: 3-4.
page(s): 121 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype AM P30212 [details]

Paratype AM P30213 [details]

Paratype AM P30214 [details]

From editor or global species database

Association Living in association with the ophiuroid Ophiocoma scolopendrina (Lamarck, 1816). [details]

Depth range Littoral (0 to 30 m) [details]

Habitat Marine, epibenthic, living under stones near low tide mark and in association with the ophiuroid Ophiocoma scolopendrina (Lamarck, 1816). [details]

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