Platyscelus armatus
creator: Lowry, Jim
creator: Horton, Tammy
date: 2026-08-03
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: Platyscelus armatus (Claus, 1879)
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. Platyscelus armatus (Claus, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=549290 on 2026-08-02
created: 2010-12-01T08:38:59Z
modified: 2016-06-17T09:41:38Z
replaces: 1714707
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replaces: 880318
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Platyscelus armatus (Claus, 1879)
class: Malacostraca
family: Platyscelidae
genus: Platyscelus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Claus, C. (1879). Die Gattungen und Arten der Platysceliden in Systematischer Übersicht. Arbeiten aus dem Zoologischen Institut der Universität zu Wien. 2: 147-198.
name published in: Claus, C. (1887). Die Platysceliden. Alfred Holder, Wien. 77 pp.
name published in: Bovallius, C. (1887). Systematical list of the Amphipoda Hyperiidea. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar. 11(16): 1-50.
name published in: Dana, J.D. (1853 - 1855). Crustacea. Part II. In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia. 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.].
name published in: Bate, C. S. (1863). Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum Natural History: London. i-iv + 1-399, pls. 1-58.
name published in year: 1879
name published in year: 1887
name published in year: 1853 - 1855
name published in year: 1863
order: Amphipoda
parent name usage ID: 101807
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: (Claus, 1879)
specific epithet: armatus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted