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WoRMS taxon detailsBrachyscelus globiceps (Claus, 1879)
236552 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236552)
accepted
Species
Brachyscelus latipes Stebbing, 1888 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Brachyscelus mediterranea (Claus, 1887) · unaccepted (junior sujective synonym)
Thamyris antipodes Spence Bate, 1863 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Thamyris globiceps Claus, 1879 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Thamyris mediterranea Claus, 1887 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
marine,
recent only
(of Thamyris globiceps Claus, 1879) Claus, C. (1879). Die Gattungen und Arten der Platysceliden in Systematischer Übersicht. <em>Arbeiten aus dem Zoologischen Institut der Universität zu Wien.</em> 2: 147-198., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5545782
page(s): 36-37 [details] 
Note Type material of Thamyris globiceps could not...
Type material Type material of Thamyris globiceps could not be found in any major European institution and is considered lost. The type locality is the western Indian Ocean, off Zanzibar. Claus (1887) illustrates a male (about 12 mm) but does not document any other specimens. [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. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Brachyscelus globiceps (Claus, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236552 on 2025-05-24
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Brachyscelus latipes 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] original description (of Thamyris globiceps Claus, 1879) Claus, C. (1879). Die Gattungen und Arten der Platysceliden in Systematischer Übersicht. <em>Arbeiten aus dem Zoologischen Institut der Universität zu Wien.</em> 2: 147-198., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5545782 page(s): 36-37 [details] original description (of Thamyris mediterranea Claus, 1887) Claus, C. (1887). Die Platysceliden. <em>Alfred Holder, Wien.</em> 77 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14360308 page(s): p. 60 Pl. XVI Fig. 11-18 [details] original description (of Thamyris antipodes Spence Bate, 1863) Bate, C. S. (1863). Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum Natural History: London.</em> i-iv + 1-399, pls. 1-58., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.20901 page(s): 335 [details] basis of record Ruffo, S. (2006). Crustacea Malacostraca Amphipoda. <em>in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana.</em> , available online at http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/ [details] Taxonomyredescription
Zeidler, W. (2021). A review of the hyperiidean amphipod family Brachyscelidae Stephensen, 1923 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5026 (3): 405–439., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5026.3.4 [details] Available for editors  [request]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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request] Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type material Type material of Thamyris globiceps could not be found in any major European institution and is considered lost. The type locality is the western Indian Ocean, off Zanzibar. Claus (1887) illustrates a male (about 12 mm) but does not document any other specimens. [details]
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Brachyscelus mediterranea (Claus, 1887)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachyscelus globiceps) To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 14 proteins) To PESI (from synonym Brachyscelus mediterranea (Claus, 1887)) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (8 records) To ITIS |
