WoRMS taxon details
Leptocheirus pinguis (Stimpson, 1853)
158112 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158112)
accepted
Species
Leptocheirus fimbriata Spence Bate, 1863 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Leptocheirus pinguis (Spence Bate, 1863) · unaccepted > junior homonym
Protomedeia fimbriata Spence Bate, 1863 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Protomedeia pinguis Spence Bate, 1863 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ptilocheirus pinguis Stimpson, 1853 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Ptilocheirus pinguis Stimpson, 1853) Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.</em> 6: 1-66, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32536624
page(s): 55 [details]
page(s): 55 [details]
Distribution Labrador south to Virginia
Distribution Labrador south to Virginia [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. Leptocheirus pinguis (Stimpson, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158112 on 2026-01-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Leptocheirus fimbriata 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 [details]
original description (of Ptilocheirus pinguis Stimpson, 1853) Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.</em> 6: 1-66, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32536624
page(s): 55 [details]
original description (of Protomedeia fimbriata 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): 169 [details]
original description (of Protomedeia pinguis 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): 170 [details]
basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Ptilocheirus pinguis Stimpson, 1853) Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.</em> 6: 1-66, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32536624
page(s): 55 [details]
original description (of Protomedeia fimbriata 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): 169 [details]
original description (of Protomedeia pinguis 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): 170 [details]
basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Bousfield, E. L. (1973). Shallow-water gammaridean Amphipoda of New England. <em>Cornell University Press, Ithaca.</em> 312 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
[request]additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Labrador south to Virginia [details]Habitat infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes) (from synonym Leptocheirus pinguis (Spence Bate, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Leptocheirus pinguis (Spence Bate, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptocheirus pinguis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptocheirus pinguis) (from synonym Leptocheirus pinguis (Spence Bate, 1863))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (247 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes) (from synonym Leptocheirus pinguis (Spence Bate, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Leptocheirus pinguis (Spence Bate, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptocheirus pinguis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptocheirus pinguis) (from synonym Leptocheirus pinguis (Spence Bate, 1863))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (247 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
