WoRMS taxon details

Americorchestia megalophthalma (Spence Bate, 1863)

158019  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158019)

accepted
Species
Orchestia megalophthalma Spence Bate, 1863 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Talorchestia megalophthalma (Spence Bate, 1863) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Orchestia megalophthalma Spence Bate, 1863) Bate, C. S. (1863). Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum Natural History: London.</em> i-iv + 1-399, pls. 1-58., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.20901
page(s): 22 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
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]

Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: Eastern...  
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: Eastern Bradelle Valley), Magdalen Islands (from Eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), lower St. Lawrence estuary, upper North Shore (between Sept- Iles and Pointe des Monts), middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands); southwestern slope of NL. [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. (2024). World Amphipoda Database. Americorchestia megalophthalma (Spence Bate, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158019 on 2024-04-26
Date
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2005-05-25 07:35:05Z
created
2010-12-14 08:45:54Z
checked
2016-07-05 13:12:18Z
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2023-11-12 16:32:17Z
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original description  (of Orchestia megalophthalma Spence Bate, 1863) Bate, C. S. (1863). Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum Natural History: London.</em> i-iv + 1-399, pls. 1-58., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.20901
page(s): 22 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark The use of the name ‘Spence Bate’ instead of ‘Bate’ is discussed herein. See page 201. [details]

From other sources
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: Eastern Bradelle Valley), Magdalen Islands (from Eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), lower St. Lawrence estuary, upper North Shore (between Sept- Iles and Pointe des Monts), middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands); southwestern slope of NL. [details]

Habitat intertidal, supralittoral, and the infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
LanguageName 
English northern big-eyed sandhopper  [details]
French puce de sable  [details]