Aphia taxon details
Platycyamus thompsoni (Gosse, 1855)
416579 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:416579)
accepted
Species
Cyamus thompsoni Gosse, 1855 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution North Atlantic to Mediterranean, North Pacific, South Pacific (based on distribution of host).
Distribution North Atlantic to Mediterranean, North Pacific, South Pacific (based on distribution of host). [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. Platycyamus thompsoni (Gosse, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416579 on 2026-08-14
basis of record
BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre. <em>BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre.</em> [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BMNH 56.131 [details]
From editor or global species database
Association Ectocommensal on Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770)(Northern Bottlenose Whale), Mesoplodon grayi von Haast, 1876 (Gray’s Beaked Whale), and Hyperoodon planifrons Flower, 1882 (Southern Bottlenose Whale). [details]Distribution North Atlantic to Mediterranean, North Pacific, South Pacific (based on distribution of host). [details]
