RAMS taxon details
Elasmopus A. Costa, 1853
101671 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101671)
accepted
Genus
- Species Elasmopus bollonsi Chilton, 1915
- Species Elasmopus neglectus Chilton, 1915
- Species Elasmopus wahine J.L. Barnard, 1972
marine, terrestrial
recent only
Costa, A. (1853). Richerche sui crostacei amfipodi del regno di Napoli / del Dot. Achille Costa. <em>Mem. Reale Accad. Sc. Napoli.</em> 1, 165-235., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/2070#/summary [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. Elasmopus A. Costa, 1853. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101671 on 2026-06-16
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Elasmopus A. Costa, 1853. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101671 on 2026-06-16
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Costa, A. (1853). Richerche sui crostacei amfipodi del regno di Napoli / del Dot. Achille Costa. <em>Mem. Reale Accad. Sc. Napoli.</em> 1, 165-235., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/2070#/summary [details]
context source (WoRCS) Navarro-Barranco, C.; Martínez, A.; Sempere-Valverde, J.; Chebaane, S.; Digenis, M.; Plaitis, W.; Voultsiadou, E.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2023). Amphipods in Mediterranean Marine and Anchialine Caves: New Data and Overview of Existing Knowledge. <em>Diversity.</em> 15(12): 1180., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/12/1180 [details] Available for editors
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]
identification resource Alves, J., Johnsson, R. & Senna, A. R. (2016). On the genus Elasmopus Costa, 1853 from the Northeastern Coast of Brazil with five new species and new records. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4184 (1): 001–040., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4184.1.1
note: Updated Key to world species of Elasmopus [details] Available for editors
identification resource Vader, W.; Krapp-Schickel, T. (2012). On some maerid and melitid material (Crustacea: Amphipoda) collected by the Hourglass Cruises (Florida). Part 2: Genera <i>Dulichiella</i> and <i>Elasmopus </i>, with a key to world <i>Elasmopus</i>. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 46(19-20): 1179-1218., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.652984
note: Key to World Elasmopus [details] Available for editors
identification resource Yoshimura, H.; Lee, C.-W.; Tomikawa, K. (2025). Taxonomy of the genus Elasmopus (Crustacea, Amphipoda) in Japan and South Korea, with description of a new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1261: 307-335., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1261.162923
page(s): 331; note: Key to the species of Elasmopus from East Asia [details] Available for editors
identification resource Nahak, S.; Patra, S.; Patro, S. (2026). Description of a new species of the genus Elasmopus A. Costa, 1853 (Amphipoda: Maeridae) by morphological and molecular analysis. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 56(3)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-026-01667-9
page(s): 8, 9; note: Key to species of the Castelloserrate group of the genus Elasmopus A. Costa, 1853 and geographical distribution (Modified from Vader and Krapp-Schickel 2012). Key to species of Elasmopus from South...
[details] Available for editors
context source (WoRCS) Navarro-Barranco, C.; Martínez, A.; Sempere-Valverde, J.; Chebaane, S.; Digenis, M.; Plaitis, W.; Voultsiadou, E.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2023). Amphipods in Mediterranean Marine and Anchialine Caves: New Data and Overview of Existing Knowledge. <em>Diversity.</em> 15(12): 1180., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/12/1180 [details] Available for editors
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]
identification resource Alves, J., Johnsson, R. & Senna, A. R. (2016). On the genus Elasmopus Costa, 1853 from the Northeastern Coast of Brazil with five new species and new records. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4184 (1): 001–040., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4184.1.1
note: Updated Key to world species of Elasmopus [details] Available for editors
identification resource Vader, W.; Krapp-Schickel, T. (2012). On some maerid and melitid material (Crustacea: Amphipoda) collected by the Hourglass Cruises (Florida). Part 2: Genera <i>Dulichiella</i> and <i>Elasmopus </i>, with a key to world <i>Elasmopus</i>. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 46(19-20): 1179-1218., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.652984
note: Key to World Elasmopus [details] Available for editors
identification resource Yoshimura, H.; Lee, C.-W.; Tomikawa, K. (2025). Taxonomy of the genus Elasmopus (Crustacea, Amphipoda) in Japan and South Korea, with description of a new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1261: 307-335., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1261.162923
page(s): 331; note: Key to the species of Elasmopus from East Asia [details] Available for editors
identification resource Nahak, S.; Patra, S.; Patro, S. (2026). Description of a new species of the genus Elasmopus A. Costa, 1853 (Amphipoda: Maeridae) by morphological and molecular analysis. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 56(3)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-026-01667-9
page(s): 8, 9; note: Key to species of the Castelloserrate group of the genus Elasmopus A. Costa, 1853 and geographical distribution (Modified from Vader and Krapp-Schickel 2012). Key to species of Elasmopus from South...
Key to species of the Castelloserrate group of the genus Elasmopus A. Costa, 1853 and geographical distribution (Modified from Vader and Krapp-Schickel 2012).
Key to species of Elasmopus from Southeast Asia (Modified from Vader and Krapp-Schickel 2012; Yoshimura and Tomikawa 2025)
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
