Phronima atlantica Guérin­Méneville

Zeidler, Wolfgang, 2004, A review of the families and genera of the hyperiidean amphipod superfamily Phronimoidea Bowman & Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea), Zootaxa 567, pp. 1-66 : 12

Phronima atlantica Guérin­Méneville

Phronima atlantica Guérin­Méneville, 1836a: 21 , pl. 25, fig. 4.

Type material

Two syntype females of P. atlantica are in the ANSP ( CA 2687 ), in the Guérin­ Méneville collection (No. 444): once alcohol preserved, now dry (see Zeidler 1997) .

Remarks

The current citation for the original description of this species is contentious. In the past most authors have cited Guérin­Méneville 1836b (p. 7–9; pl. 18, fig. 1) (e.g. Shih 1969; Spamer & Bogan 1992, 1994; Vinogradov et al. 1982), but next to P. atlantica, Guérin­Méneville refers to his 1836a publication (pl. 25, fig. 4). The figures in both publications are the same, but the fact that Guérin­Méneville refers to his 1836a publication in reference to P. atlantica indicates that this pre­dated his 1836b paper and should therefore become the original citation for this species. That 1836a was probably published well before 1836b is supported by the fact that other species described in his 1836b paper are not listed in 1836a.

Regarding the publication “Iconographhie du Règne Animal de G. Cuvier…” (Guérin­ Méneville 1836a), Stebbing (1888) says, “This work was published in livraisons between 1829 and 1844. The Plates containing Amphipoda probably all belong to the early part of 1836. An advertisement in the “Quarante­cinquième livraison. Crustacés. Pl. 35.,” says, “La 46 e et dernière livraison se composera du Texte descriptif de l’Iconographhie et paraîtra fin mars 1838 ”, but the promise was not, it appears, fulfilled till the end of 1843. The specific names, however, being given on the Plates, will carry the date 1836.”

The similarity of this species to P. sedentaria has already been discussed under that species.