WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Cyrtophium chelonophilum Chevreux & de Guerne, 1888) Chevreux E. & De Guerne J. (1888). Sur un amphipode nouveau Cyrtophium chelonophilum, commensal de Thalassochelys caretta L. <em>Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences.</em> 106, 625-628. [details] 
original description
(of Podocerus umigame Yamato, 1992) Yamato S. (1992). A New Species of Podocerus (Amphipoda: Podoceridae) from the Carapace of a Loggerhead Sea Turtle in Japan. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 35, 4/5, pp. 281-288;3 figs. [details]
original description
(of Platophium cheloniae Stebbing, 1888) Stebbing, T.R.R. (1888). Report on the Amphipoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 29 (part 67): i-xxiv, 1-1737, pl. 1-212., available online at http://19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-67/htm/doc.html [details] 
basis of record
Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. <em>in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Otheradditional source
LeCroy, S. E.; Gasca, R.; Winfield, I.; Ortiz, M.; Escobar-Briones, E. (2009). Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College.</em> Pp. 941–972. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Iwasa-Arai, T.; Gallo Neto, H.; Beneton Ferioli, R.; Werneck, M. R. (2020). Notes on amphipods associated with loggerhead marine turtle Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) in south-eastern Brazil. <em>Nauplius.</em> 28., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2020034 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Littoral (0 to 30 m). [details]
Habitat Epibiontic on the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)) and the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)). [details]
Synonymy Platophium cheloniae Stebbing, 1888; Platophium chelonophilum. –Chevreux, 1900; Podocerus cheloniae. –Stebbing, 1906; ? Podocerus umigame Yamato, 1992 [details]
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Japanese |
ウミガメドロノミ [from synonym] |
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