Phronima bucephala Giles

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 : 14

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.567.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5029980

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scientific name

Phronima bucephala Giles
status

 

Phronima bucephala Giles View in CoL

Phronima bucephala Giles, 1887: 215–217 View in CoL , pl. 3, figs 1 & 2.

Type material The type of P. bucephala could not be found at the BMNH and is considered lost .

Remarks

This species is most similar to P. colletti ( Laval 1970) and P. bowmani (see Shih 1991).

Giles, G. M. (1887) XV. Natural history notes from H. M. ' s Indian Marine Survey Steamer`Investigator', Commander Alfred Carpenter, R. N., commanding, 6: On six new amphipods from the Bay of Bengal. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 56 (2 / 2, 212 - 229, pls 2 - 8.

Laval, P. (1970) Sur les Phronimidae de l'ocean Indien et de l'ocean Pacifique avec la validation de Phronima bucephala Giles, 1887 comme espece distincte de P. colletti Bov., 1887 (Crustaces Amphipodes). Cahiers de I'Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer serie Oceanographie, 8, 47 - 57.

Shih, C. - T. (1991) Description of two new species of Phronima Latreille, 1802 (Amphipoda: Hyperiidea) with a key to all species of the genus. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 11 (2), 322 - 335.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

SubOrder

Hyperiidea

SuperFamily

Phronimoidea

Family

Phronimidae

Genus

Phronima