Amphipoda taxon details

Hyalella S.I. Smith, 1874

158104  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158104)

  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. Senticaudata (Suborder)
  11. Talitrida (Infraorder)
  12. Talitridira (Parvorder)
  13. Hyaloidea (Superfamily)
  14. Hyalellidae (Family)
  15. Hyalella (Genus)
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Genus
Hyalella dentata S.I. Smith, 1874 (type by subsequent designation)
Lockingtonia Harford, 1877 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Subgenus Hyalella (Austrohyalella) Bousfield, 1996
    1. Species Hyalella (Austrohyalella) armata (Faxon, 1876) represented as Hyalella armata (Faxon, 1876)
    2. Species Hyalella (Austrohyalella) latimana (Faxon, 1876) represented as Hyalella latimana (Faxon, 1876)
    3. Species Hyalella (Austrohyalella) longipalma (Faxon, 1876) represented as Hyalella longipalma (Faxon, 1876)
    4. Species Hyalella (Austrohyalella) neonoma Stock & Platvoet, 1991 represented as Hyalella neonoma Stock & Platvoet, 1991
    5. Species Hyalella (Austrohyalella) patagonica (Cunningham, 1871) represented as Hyalella patagonica (Cunningham, 1871)
  2. Subgenus Hyalella (Hyalella) S.I. Smith, 1874
    1. Species Hyalella (Hyalella) meraspinosa Baldinger, 2004
    2. Species Hyalella (Hyalella) muerta Baldinger, Shepard & Threloff, 2000
    3. Species Hyalella (Hyalella) sandra Baldinger, Shepard & Threloff, 2000
  3. Subgenus Hyalella (Mesohyalella) Bousfield, 1996
    1. Species Hyalella (Mesohyalella) anophthalma Ruffo, 1957 represented as Hyalella anophthalma Ruffo, 1957
    2. Species Hyalella (Mesohyalella) brasiliensis Bousfield, 1996 represented as Hyalella brasiliensis Bousfield, 1996
    3. Species Hyalella (Mesohyalella) cangallensis Schellenberg, 1943 represented as Hyalella cangallensis Schellenberg, 1943 accepted as Hyalella curvispina Shoemaker, 1942
    4. Species Hyalella (Mesohyalella) cuprea (Faxon, 1876) represented as Hyalella cuprea (Faxon, 1876)
    5. Species Hyalella (Mesohyalella) dybowskii (Wrześniowski, 1879) represented as Hyalella dybowskii (Wrześniowski, 1879)
    6. Species Hyalella (Mesohyalella) echina (Faxon, 1876) represented as Allorchestes echinus Faxon, 1876 accepted as Hyalella echinus (Faxon, 1876)
    7. Species Hyalella (Mesohyalella) falklandensis Bousfield, 1996 represented as Hyalella falklandensis Bousfield, 1996
    8. Species Hyalella (Mesohyalella) fossamancini Cavalieri, 1959 represented as Hyalella fossamancinii Cavalieri, 1959
    9. Species Hyalella (Mesohyalella) gracilicornis (Faxon, 1876) represented as Hyalella gracilicornis (Faxon, 1876)
    10. Species Hyalella (Mesohyalella) jelskii (Wrześniowski, 1879) represented as Hyalella jelskii (Wrześniowski, 1879)
    11. Species Hyalella (Mesohyalella) longipes (Faxon, 1876) represented as Hyalella longipes (Faxon, 1876)
    12. Species Hyalella (Mesohyalella) lubomirskii (Wrześniowski, 1879) represented as Hyalella lubomirskii (Wrześniowski, 1879)
    13. Species Hyalella (Mesohyalella) lucifugax (Faxon, 1876) represented as Hyalella lucifugax (Faxon, 1876)
    14. Species Hyalella (Mesohyalella) meinerti Stebbing, 1899 represented as Hyalella meinerti Stebbing, 1899
    15. Species Hyalella (Mesohyalella) pampeana Cavalieri, 1968 represented as Hyalella pamqeana Cavalieri, 1968
    16. Species Hyalella (Mesohyalella) paramoensis Andres, 1988 represented as Hyalella paramoensis Andres, 1988
    17. Species Hyalella (Mesohyalella) pernix (Moreira, 1903) represented as Hyalella pernix (Moreira, 1903)
    18. Species Hyalella (Mesohyalella) simplex Schellenberg, 1943 represented as Hyalella simplex Schellenberg, 1943 accepted as Hyalella curvispina Shoemaker, 1942
    19. Species Hyalella (Mesohyalella) warmingi Stebbing, 1899 represented as Hyalella warmingi Stebbing, 1899
  4. Species Hyalella alvarezi Marrón-Becerra & Hermoso-Salazar, 2022
  5. Species Hyalella amazonica Cardoso, Oliveira & Ferreira, 2025
  6. Species Hyalella anophthalma Ruffo, 1957
  7. Species Hyalella araucana Grosso & Peralta, 1999
  8. Species Hyalella armata (Faxon, 1876)
  9. Species Hyalella azteca (Saussure, 1858)
  10. Species Hyalella bala Penoni & Bueno in Penoni, Lares & Bueno, 2021
  11. Species Hyalella bocaina Deotti, Penoni & Bueno in Deotti, Penoni, Bichuette & Bueno, 2025
  12. Species Hyalella bonariensis Bond-Buckup, Araujo & Santos, 2008
  13. Species Hyalella brasiliensis Bousfield, 1996
  14. Species Hyalella caeca Pereira, 1989
  15. Species Hyalella cajasi Alonso & Jaume, 2017
  16. Species Hyalella caribbeana Bousfield, 1996
  17. Species Hyalella carsone Reis, Bueno & Araujo, 2023
  18. Species Hyalella carstica Bastos-Pereira & Bueno, 2012
  19. Species Hyalella castroi Gonzalez, Bond-Buckup & Araujo, 2006
  20. Species Hyalella catarinensis Reis & Bueno in Reis, Penoni & Bueno, 2020
  21. Species Hyalella ceciliae Penoni & Bueno in Penoni, Bichuette, Borges & Bueno, 2025
  22. Species Hyalella cenotensis Marrón-Becerra, Hermoso-Salazar & Solís-Weiss, 2014
  23. Species Hyalella cheyennis Bueno, Oliveira & Wellborn, 2019
  24. Species Hyalella chiloensis Gonzalez & Watling, 2001
  25. Species Hyalella costera Gonzalez & Watling, 2001
  26. Species Hyalella crawfordi Coleman & Gonzalez, 2006
  27. Species Hyalella cretae Cannizzaro, Lange & Berg, 2023
  28. Species Hyalella cuprea (Faxon, 1876)
  29. Species Hyalella curvispina Shoemaker, 1942
  30. Species Hyalella cuyana Peralta & Isa Miranda, 2023
  31. Species Hyalella dentata S.I. Smith, 1874
  32. Species Hyalella dielaii Pereira, 2004
  33. Species Hyalella domuyo Isa-Miranda & Peralta in Isa-Miranda, Peralta, Martin & Torres, 2025
  34. Species Hyalella dybowskii (Wrześniowski, 1879)
  35. Species Hyalella echinus (Faxon, 1876)
  36. Species Hyalella epikarstica Rodrigues, Bueno & Ferreira, 2014
  37. Species Hyalella falklandensis Bousfield, 1996
  38. Species Hyalella fatimae Isa Miranda & Peralta, 2022
  39. Species Hyalella faxoni Stebbing, 1903
  40. Species Hyalella formosa Cardoso & Bueno, in Cardoso, Araujo, Bueno & Ferreira, 2014
  41. Species Hyalella fossamancinii Cavalieri, 1959
  42. Species Hyalella franciscae Gonzalez & Watling, 2003
  43. Species Hyalella garyi Marrón-Becerra & Hermoso-Salazar, 2022
  44. Species Hyalella gauchensis Streck & Castiglioni in Streck, Cardoso, Rodrigues, Graichen & Castiglioni, 2017
  45. Species Hyalella gauthieri Coleman & Gonzalez, 2006
  46. Species Hyalella georginae Streck & Castiglioni in Streck, Cardoso, Rodrigues, Graichen & Castiglioni, 2017
  47. Species Hyalella gracilicornis (Faxon, 1876)
  48. Species Hyalella imbya Rodrigues & Bueno, 2012
  49. Species Hyalella inca Isa-Miranda, Peralta, Marin & Torres, 2025
  50. Species Hyalella insulae Rangel, Limberger & Castiglioni in Rangel, Da Silva, Siegloch, Limberger & Castiglioni, 2022
  51. Species Hyalella jaboticabensis Castiglioni, Limberger & Santos, 2024
  52. Species Hyalella jelskii (Wrześniowski, 1879)
  53. Species Hyalella kaingang Araújo & Cardoso in Bueno, Araujo, Cardoso, Gomes & Bond-Buckup, 2013
  54. Species Hyalella karaja Cardoso, Oliveira & Ferreira, 2025
  55. Species Hyalella keepuikantun Cannizzaro, Lange & Berg, 2025
  56. Species Hyalella kochi Gonzalez & Watling, 2001
  57. Species Hyalella lagoana Talhaferro & Bueno in Talhaferro, Bueno, Pires, Stenert, Maltchik & Kotzian, 2021
  58. Species Hyalella lalage Brehm-Lunz, 1925
  59. Species Hyalella latimana (Faxon, 1876)
  60. Species Hyalella longicornis Bousfield, 1996
  61. Species Hyalella longipalma (Faxon, 1876)
  62. Species Hyalella longipes (Faxon, 1876)
  63. Species Hyalella longipropodus Limberger, Graichen & Castiglioni in Limberger, Castiglione, Graichen, 2021
  64. Species Hyalella longispina Gonzalez & Coleman, 2002
  65. Species Hyalella longistila (Faxon, 1876)
  66. Species Hyalella lubomirskii (Wrześniowski, 1879)
  67. Species Hyalella luciae Limberger, Santos & Castiglioni, 2022
  68. Species Hyalella lucifugax (Faxon, 1876)
  69. Species Hyalella maya Marrón-Becerra, Hermoso-Salazar & Solís-Weiss, 2018
  70. Species Hyalella meinerti Stebbing, 1899
  71. Species Hyalella minensis Bastos-Pereira & Bueno, 2013
  72. Species Hyalella minuana Talhaferro & Bueno in Talhaferro, Bueno, Pires, Stenert, Maltchik & Kotzian, 2021
  73. Species Hyalella misionensis Colla & César, 2015
  74. Species Hyalella montana Rodrigues, Senna, Quadra & Bueno, 2017
  75. Species Hyalella montenegrinae Bond-Buckup & Araujo, 1998
  76. Species Hyalella montezuma Cole & Watkins, 1977
  77. Species Hyalella montforti Chevreux, 1907
  78. Species Hyalella nebula Cardoso, Oliveira & Ferreira, 2025
  79. Species Hyalella nefrens Gonzalez & Watling, 2003
  80. Species Hyalella neonoma Stock & Platvoet, 1991
  81. Species Hyalella neveulemairei Chevreux, 1904
  82. Species Hyalella oscari Isa-Miranda, Peralta, Marin & Torres, 2025
  83. Species Hyalella palmeirensis Streck-Marx & Castiglioni, 2020
  84. Species Hyalella pamqeana Cavalieri, 1968
  85. Species Hyalella paramoensis Andres, 1988
  86. Species Hyalella patagonica (Cunningham, 1871)
  87. Species Hyalella pauperocovae Gonzalez & Watling, 2002
  88. Species Hyalella pernix (Moreira, 1903)
  89. Species Hyalella pleoacuta Gonzalez, Bond-Buckup & Araujo, 2006
  90. Species Hyalella plutonia Cannizzaro, Lange & Berg, 2025
  91. Species Hyalella pseudoazteca Gonzalez & Watling, 2003
  92. Species Hyalella pteropus Schellenberg, 1943
  93. Species Hyalella puna Peralta & Isa Miranda, 2019
  94. Species Hyalella quindioensis Gonzalez & Watling, 2003
  95. Species Hyalella rioantensis Penoni & Bueno in Reis, Penoni & Bueno, 2020
  96. Species Hyalella rionegrina Grosso & Peralta, 1999
  97. Species Hyalella rioturbiensis Isa-Miranda & Peralta in Isa-Miranda, Peralta, Martin & Torres, 2025
  98. Species Hyalella robusta Chevreux, 1907
  99. Species Hyalella roncador Penoni & Bueno in Penoni, Bichuette, Borges & Bueno, 2025
  100. Species Hyalella sambaqui Talhaferro & Bueno in Talhaferro, Bueno, Pires, Stenert, Maltchik & Kotzian, 2021
  101. Species Hyalella sapropelica Brehm, 1939
  102. Species Hyalella sarukhani Marrón-Becerra & Hermoso-Salazar, 2022
  103. Species Hyalella solida Chevreux, 1907
  104. Species Hyalella spelaea Bueno & Cardoso, in Cardoso, Bueno & Ferreira, 2011
  105. Species Hyalella spinicauda Soucek & Lazo-Wasem in Soucek & Lazo-Wasem, Taylor & Major, 2015
  106. Species Hyalella squamosa Mateus & Mateus, 1990
  107. Species Hyalella sumida Penoni & Bueno in Penoni, Bichuette, Bochini, Mantelatto & Bueno, 2025
  108. Species Hyalella temimina Penoni, Deotti & Bueno in Deotti, Penoni, Bichuette & Bueno, 2025
  109. Species Hyalella tepehuana Marrón-Becerra, Hermoso-Salazar & Rivas, 2020
  110. Species Hyalella terrasolis Castiglioni, Limberger & Santos in Limberger, Castiglioni & Santos, 2025
  111. Species Hyalella texana Stevenson & Peden, 1973
  112. Species Hyalella thomseni Brehm, 1928
  113. Species Hyalella tiburtiniphila Cannizzaro, Lange & Berg, 2025
  114. Species Hyalella tiwanaku Gonzalez & Watling, 2003
  115. Species Hyalella troglofugia Bastos-Pereira, De Oliveira & Ferreira, 2018
  116. Species Hyalella uva Cardoso, Oliveira & Ferreira, 2025
  117. Species Hyalella veredae Cardoso & Bueno, in Cardoso, Araujo, Bueno & Ferreira, 2014
  118. Species Hyalella villalobosi Marrón-Becerra & Hermoso-Salazar, 2022
  119. Species Hyalella virgineae Lares, Penoni & Bueno in Penoni, Lares & Bueno, 2021
  120. Species Hyalella viviannae Marrón-Becerra & Hermoso-Salazar, 2022
  121. Species Hyalella wakulla Drumm & Knight-Gray, 2019
  122. Species Hyalella wangarie Reis, Bueno & Araujo, 2023
  123. Species Hyalella warmingi Stebbing, 1899
  124. Species Hyalella wellborni Soucek & Lazo-Wasem in Soucek & Lazo-Wasem, Taylor & Major, 2015
  125. Species Hyalella xakriaba Bueno & Araujo, in Bueno, Araujo, Cardoso, Gomes & Bond-Buckup, 2013
  126. Species Hyalella yashmara Tomikawa, Kawasaki, Leiva & Arroyo, 2023
  127. Species Hyalella australis Sayce, 1901 accepted as Austrochiltonia australis (Sayce, 1901) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  128. Species Hyalella cangallensis Schellenberg, 1943 accepted as Hyalella curvispina Shoemaker, 1942
  129. Species Hyalella fluvialis Harford, 1877 accepted as Hyalella azteca (Saussure, 1858) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  130. Species Hyalella inermis S.I. Smith, 1875 accepted as Hyalella dentata S.I. Smith, 1874 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  131. Species Hyalella knickerbockeri (Spence Bate, 1863) accepted as Hyalella azteca (Saussure, 1858)
  132. Species Hyalella mihiwaka Chilton, 1898 accepted as Chiltonia mihiwaka (Chilton, 1898) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  133. Species Hyalella ornata Pearse, 1911 accepted as Hyalella azteca (Saussure, 1858) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  134. Species Hyalella patagonica Ortmann, 1911 accepted as Hyalella neonoma Stock & Platvoet, 1991 (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Hyalella patagonica (Cunningham, 1871))
  135. Species Hyalella richardi Chevreux, 1902 accepted as Marinohyalella richardi (Chevreux, 1902) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  136. Species Hyalella simplex Schellenberg, 1943 accepted as Hyalella curvispina Shoemaker, 1942
  137. Species Hyalella whelpleyi Shoemaker, 1933 accepted as Parhyalella whelpleyi (Shoemaker, 1933) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  138. Species Hyalella meraspinosa Baldinger, 2004 represented as Hyalella (Hyalella) meraspinosa Baldinger, 2004
  139. Species Hyalella muerta Baldinger, Shepard & Threloff, 2000 represented as Hyalella (Hyalella) muerta Baldinger, Shepard & Threloff, 2000
  140. Species Hyalella sandra Baldinger, Shepard & Threloff, 2000 represented as Hyalella (Hyalella) sandra Baldinger, Shepard & Threloff, 2000
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Smith, S.I. (1874). Report on the amphipod crustaceans. <em>Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories Embracing Colorado.</em> 608–611. [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. Hyalella S.I. Smith, 1874. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/amphipoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158104 on 2026-03-09
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2005-05-25 08:24:16Z
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Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-07-15 13:21:52Z
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Lowry, Jim
2010-07-16 07:17:00Z
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Lowry, Jim
2010-08-19 09:12:43Z
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Lowry, Jim
2013-02-17 20:13:30Z
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Horton, Tammy
2018-09-19 08:52:19Z
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Horton, Tammy
2020-11-13 11:52:42Z
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Horton, Tammy

original description Smith, S.I. (1874). Report on the amphipod crustaceans. <em>Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories Embracing Colorado.</em> 608–611. [details] 

original description (of Lockingtonia Harford, 1877) Harford, W. G. W. (1877). Description of a new genus and three new species of sessile-eyed Crustacea. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 7: 53-55., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3180236 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Lowry, J. K.; Myers, A. A. (2013). A Phylogeny and Classification of the Senticaudata subord. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3610(1): 1-80., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03610p080.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

additional source Bousfield, E. L. (1996). A contribution to the reclassification of Neotropical freshwater Hyalellid Amphipods (Crustacea, Gammaridea, Talitroidea). <em>Bolletino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona.</em> 20(1): 175-224. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Gonzalez, E.R. (2003). The freshwater amphipods Hyalella Smith, 1874 in Chile (Crustacea: Amphipoda). <em>Revista Chilena de Historia Natural.</em> 76: 623-637., available online at https://doi.org/10.4067/s0716-078x2003000400007 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

identification resource Cannizzaro, A. G.; Lange, C. J.; Berg, D. J. (2025). Clarification of the <i>Hyalella azteca</i> (Saussure, 1858) complex, with a redescription of <i>Hyalella dentata</i> Smith, 1874 and an updated key to North American species of the genus (Amphipoda: Hyalellidae). <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 45(3)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruaf054
note: Key to North American species [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

identification resource Isa-Miranda, Á. V.; Peralta, M.; Martin, J. P.; Torres, S. H. (2025). Freshwater Amphipod Crustaceans of Patagonia, Argentina: Two New Species of Hyalella Smith, 1874 with an Identification Key for the Genus. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5637(1): 57-82., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5637.1.2
page(s): 78; note: Key for Identification of Hyalella Species from Argentina [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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