WoRMS taxon details
Bouscephalus Berge & Vader, 2001
555000 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:555000)
accepted
Genus
Stegocephalopsis mamillidacta Moore, 1992 accepted as Bouscephalus mamillidacta (Moore, 1992) (type by monotypy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Berge, J.; Vader, W. (2001). Revision of the amphipod (Crustacea) family Stegocephalidae. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 133: 531-592., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2001.tb00638.x/pdf [details] Available for editors 
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Etymology To acknowledge both the quality and quantity of the taxonomic work on amphipods that Dr Ed Bousfield has carried out,...
Etymology To acknowledge both the quality and quantity of the taxonomic work on amphipods that Dr Ed Bousfield has carried out, especially in the North Pacific, this North Pacific genus is named after him.
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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. Bouscephalus Berge & Vader, 2001. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555000 on 2026-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Berge, J.; Vader, W. (2001). Revision of the amphipod (Crustacea) family Stegocephalidae. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 133: 531-592., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2001.tb00638.x/pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]From editor or global species database
Etymology To acknowledge both the quality and quantity of the taxonomic work on amphipods that Dr Ed Bousfield has carried out, especially in the North Pacific, this North Pacific genus is named after him.[details]
