Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS) - Parascelidae Bovallius, 1887

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Parascelidae Bovallius, 1887

Parascelidae

AphiaID

236598 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236598)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Platysceloidea Spence Bate, 1863

Original name

Parascelidae Bovallius, 1887

Synonymised names

Scelidae Claus, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Genus Eusceliotes Stebbing, 1888
Genus Parascelus Claus, 1879
Genus Schizoscelus Claus, 1879
Genus Thyropus Dana, 1852
Genus Euscelus Claus, 1879 accepted as Eusceliotes Stebbing, 1888 (junior homonym)
Genus Hemiscelus Stewart, 1913 accepted as Hemityphis Claus, 1879 (junior subjective synonym)
Genus Tanyscelus Claus, 1879 accepted as Thyropus Dana, 1852

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic 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. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Parascelidae Bovallius, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236598 on 2025-07-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-01-22 13:40:31Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2010-11-25 11:19:08Z

checked

Lowry, Jim

2017-01-24 17:10:07Z

changed

Horton, Tammy

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Nomenclature

original description (of Scelidae Claus, 1879) Claus, C. (1879). Die Gattungen und Arten der Platysceliden in Systematischer Übersicht. Arbeiten aus dem Zoologischen Institut der Universität zu Wien. 2: 147-198., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5545782
page(s): 149 [details]

basis of record Ruffo, S. (2006). Crustacea Malacostraca Amphipoda. in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana. , available online at http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/ [details]

Identification resource

identification resource Vinogradov M.E., Volkov A.F. & Semenova T.N. (1996). Hyperiid amphipods (Amphipoda, Hyperiidea) of the world oceans. Science Publishers, Inc., Lebanon, NH, 632 pp., available online at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35848198
page(s): 575 [details] Available for editors

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identification resource Zeidler, W. (2016). A review of the families and genera of the superfamily Platysceloidea Bowman & Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea), together with keys to the families, genera and species. Zootaxa. 4192(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4192.1.1 [details] Available for editors

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Present

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Introduced: alien

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Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	タテウミノミ	[details]

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