Photis
creator: Bellan-Santini, Denise
creator: Costello, Mark J.
creator: Espinel, Nadjejda
creator: De Broyer, Claude
creator: Lowry, Jim
creator: Horton, Tammy
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Photis Krøyer, 1842
type: ScientificName
bibliographic 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. Photis Krøyer, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101563 on 2026-08-29
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2020-04-22T08:43:27Z
replaces: 1388522
replaces: 548509
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Photis Krøyer, 1842
class: Malacostraca
family: Photidae
genus: Photis
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Bate, C. S. & J. O. Westwood. (1861-1863). A History of the British Sessile-eyed Crustacea. Vol. 1. John Van Voorst, London. 507 pp.
name published in: Hirayama, A. (1984). Taxonomic studies on the shallow water gammaridean Amphipoda of West Kyushu, Japan. II. Corophiidae. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 29(1-3): 1-92; figs. 43-100.
name published in year: 1861-1863
name published in year: 1984
order: Amphipoda
parent name usage ID: 148558
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: Krøyer, 1842
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted