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Phronima Latreille, 1802

Phronima sedentaria

AphiaID

101804 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101804)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Cancer sedentarius Forskål, 1775 accepted as Phronima sedentaria (Forskål, 1775) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Phronimidae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Phronima Latreille, 1802

Direct children (17)

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Species Phronima atlantica Guérin-Méneville, 1836
Species Phronima bowmani Shih, 1991
Species Phronima bucephala Giles, 1888
Species Phronima colletti Bovallius, 1887
Species Phronima curvipes Vosseler, 1901
Species Phronima dunbari Shih, 1991
Species Phronima pacifica Streets, 1877
Species Phronima sedentaria (Forskål, 1775)
Species Phronima solitaria Guérin-Méneville, 1844
Species Phronima stebbingi Vosseler, 1901
Species Phronima borneensis Spence Bate, 1863 accepted as Phronima sedentaria (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Phronima elongata Claus, 1862 accepted as Phronimella elongata (Claus, 1862)
Species Phronima megalodous Stebbing, 1888 accepted as Phronima solitaria Guérin-Méneville, 1844
Species Phronima novaezealandiae Powell, 1875 accepted as Phronima sedentaria (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Phronima spinosa Bovallius, 1887 accepted as Phronima sedentaria (Forskål, 1775)
Species Phronima stebbingii Vosseler, 1901 accepted as Phronima stebbingi Vosseler, 1901 (spelling variation)
Species Phronima tenella Stebbing, 1888 accepted as Phronima sedentaria (Forskål, 1775)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Latreille, P.A. (1802-1805). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Familles naturelles des genre. Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. de L'imprimerie de F. Dufart, Paris. 14 vols.:413 pp., available online at http:// http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24884876
page(s): Tome Troisieme, page 38; note: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580747 [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. (2026). World Amphipoda Database. Phronima Latreille, 1802. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101804 on 2026-03-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan-Santini, Denise

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

checked

Costello, Mark J.

2007-01-22 13:40:31Z

changed

Appeltans, Ward

2010-12-01 07:38:59Z

checked

Lowry, Jim

2021-11-15 14:06:40Z

changed

Horton, Tammy

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Nomenclature

original description Latreille, P.A. (1802-1805). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Familles naturelles des genre. Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. de L'imprimerie de F. Dufart, Paris. 14 vols.:413 pp., available online at http:// http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24884876
page(s): Tome Troisieme, page 38; note: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580747 [details]

basis of record Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. 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. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Zeidler, W. (2004). A review of the families and genera of the hyperiidean amphipod superfamily Phronimoidea Bowman & Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea). Zootaxa. 567: 1-66., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00567f.pdf [details] Available for editors

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Identification resource

identification resource Shih, C.-T. (1991). Description of two new species of Phronima Latreille, 1802 (Amphipoda: Hyperiidea) with a key to all species of the genus. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 11(2): 322-335., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1548369 [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Ruffo, S. (2006). Crustacea Malacostraca Amphipoda. in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana. , available online at http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/ [details]

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

additional source Shih, C.-T. (1969). The systematics and biology of the family Phronimidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Dana Reports. 74: 1-100. [details]