WoRMS taxon details
Pleonexes Spence Bate, 1857
101461 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101461)
accepted
Genus
Pleonexes gammaroides Spence Bate, 1857 (type by monotypy)
Ampithoe (Pleonexes) Spence Bate, 1857 · unaccepted (accepted at genus level)
- Species Pleonexes auriculata (Rabindranath, 1972)
- Species Pleonexes divisura (Shoemaker, 1933)
- Species Pleonexes gammaroides Spence Bate, 1857
- Species Pleonexes helleri (Karaman, 1975)
- Species Pleonexes kaneohe (J.L. Barnard, 1970)
- Species Pleonexes kava (Myers, 1985)
- Species Pleonexes kulafi (J.L. Barnard, 1970)
- Species Pleonexes lowryi Souza-Filho & Andrade, 2022
- Species Pleonexes maxillissius (Ledoyer, 1984)
- Species Pleonexes meganae (Peart, 2007)
- Species Pleonexes nargessi Momtazi & Maghsoudlou, 2020
- Species Pleonexes navosa Myers, 1985
- Species Pleonexes parakava (Peart, 2007)
- Species Pleonexes poipu (J. L. Barnard, 1970)
- Species Pleonexes qeshmensis (Layeghi & Momtazi, 2018)
- Species Pleonexes rotunda (Peart, 2007)
- Species Pleonexes spencebatei Thacker, Myers & Trivedi, 2026
- Species Pleonexes suapensis (Correia, Guedes-Silva & Souza-Filho, 2016)
- Species Pleonexes aptos J.L. Barnard, 1969 accepted as Ampithoe aptos (J.L. Barnard, 1969) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleonexes ferox Chevreux, 1902 accepted as Ampithoe ferox (Chevreux, 1902) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleonexes koreana (Kim & Kim, 1988) accepted as Ampithoe koreana Kim & Kim, 1988 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleonexes lessoniae Hurley, 1954 accepted as Pseudopleonexes lessoniae (Hurley, 1954) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleonexes macrocornutus Kensley, 1971 accepted as Ampithoe macrocornuta (Kensley, 1971) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine
Bate, C. S. (1857). A synopsis of the British edriophthalmous Crustacea. Part I. Amphipoda. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 2.</em> 19: 135-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222935708697715
page(s): 147 [details]
page(s): 147 [details]
Taxonomic remark Genus Pleonexes removed from synonymy with Ampithoe by Peart & Ahyong, 2016
Taxonomic remark The use of the name ‘Spence Bate’ instead of ‘Bate’ is discussed herein. See page 201.
Taxonomic remark Genus Pleonexes removed from synonymy with Ampithoe by Peart & Ahyong, 2016 [details]
Taxonomic remark The use of the name ‘Spence Bate’ instead of ‘Bate’ is discussed herein. See page 201.
Taxonomic remark The use of the name ‘Spence Bate’ instead of ‘Bate’ is discussed herein. See page 201. [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. (2026). World Amphipoda Database. Pleonexes Spence Bate, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101461 on 2026-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Bate, C. S. (1857). A synopsis of the British edriophthalmous Crustacea. Part I. Amphipoda. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 2.</em> 19: 135-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222935708697715
page(s): 147 [details]
original description (of Ampithoe (Pleonexes) Spence Bate, 1857) Barnard, J.L. (1970). Sublittoral Gammaridea (Amphipoda) of the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 34:1-296., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.34 [details] Available for editors
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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]
page(s): 147 [details]
original description (of Ampithoe (Pleonexes) Spence Bate, 1857) Barnard, J.L. (1970). Sublittoral Gammaridea (Amphipoda) of the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 34:1-296., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.34 [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
Identification resource
identification resource
Souza-Filho, J. F.; Andrade, L. F. (2022). A new species of Pleonexes Spence Bate, 1857 (Amphipoda: Senticaudata: Ampithoidae) from the São Pedro and São Paulo Archipelago, Equatorial Atlantic, Brazil, with comments on the genus. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5209(2): 199-210., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5209.2.3
page(s): 208; note: Key to world Pleonexes [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource Thacker, D.; Myers, A. A.; Trivedi, J. N. (2026). A new species of the genus Pleonexes Spence Bate, 1857 (Senticaudata, Ampithoidae) from Gujarat State, India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5748(3): 419-428., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5748.3.7
page(s): 425; note: Identification key to Pleonexes species in the world (Modified from Souza-Filho & Andrade, 2022) [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 208; note: Key to world Pleonexes [details] Available for editors
[request]identification resource Thacker, D.; Myers, A. A.; Trivedi, J. N. (2026). A new species of the genus Pleonexes Spence Bate, 1857 (Senticaudata, Ampithoidae) from Gujarat State, India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5748(3): 419-428., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5748.3.7
page(s): 425; note: Identification key to Pleonexes species in the world (Modified from Souza-Filho & Andrade, 2022) [details] Available for editors
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context source (MSBIAS)
MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
context source (WoRCS) Navarro-Barranco, C.; Martínez, A.; Sempere-Valverde, J.; Chebaane, S.; Digenis, M.; Plaitis, W.; Voultsiadou, E.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2023). Amphipods in Mediterranean Marine and Anchialine Caves: New Data and Overview of Existing Knowledge. <em>Diversity.</em> 15(12): 1180., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/12/1180 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Mateus, E. O.; Afonso, O. (1974). Etude d'une collection d'Amphipoda des Açores avec la description d'une nouvelle espèce. <em>Publicacoes do Instituto de Zoologia "Dr. Augusto Nobre" , Faculdade de Ciencias do Porto.</em> 126: 9-39. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lincoln R.J. (1976). A new species of Amphithoe (Pleonexes) (Amphipoda: Amphithoidae) from the north-east Atlantic with a redescription of A. (P.) gammaroides (Bate). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, 30, 6, 229-241., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.2383 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Peart, R. A.; Ahyong, S. T. (2016). Phylogenetic analysis of the family Ampithoidae Stebbing, 1899 (Crustacea: Amphipoda), with a synopsis of the genera. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 36(4): 456-474., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/1937240x-00002449 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (WoRCS) Navarro-Barranco, C.; Martínez, A.; Sempere-Valverde, J.; Chebaane, S.; Digenis, M.; Plaitis, W.; Voultsiadou, E.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2023). Amphipods in Mediterranean Marine and Anchialine Caves: New Data and Overview of Existing Knowledge. <em>Diversity.</em> 15(12): 1180., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/12/1180 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Mateus, E. O.; Afonso, O. (1974). Etude d'une collection d'Amphipoda des Açores avec la description d'une nouvelle espèce. <em>Publicacoes do Instituto de Zoologia "Dr. Augusto Nobre" , Faculdade de Ciencias do Porto.</em> 126: 9-39. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lincoln R.J. (1976). A new species of Amphithoe (Pleonexes) (Amphipoda: Amphithoidae) from the north-east Atlantic with a redescription of A. (P.) gammaroides (Bate). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, 30, 6, 229-241., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.2383 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Peart, R. A.; Ahyong, S. T. (2016). Phylogenetic analysis of the family Ampithoidae Stebbing, 1899 (Crustacea: Amphipoda), with a synopsis of the genera. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 36(4): 456-474., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/1937240x-00002449 [details] Available for editors
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