Species Oxycephalus latirostris Claus, 1879
- Oxycephalus latirostris Claus, C. 1879. Die Gattungen und Arten der Platysceliden in Systematischer Uebersicht. Arbeiten aus dem Zoologischen Institut der Universitat Wien 2: 147-198 [reprint numbered as pp. 1–52] [193].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂ (lost), Lagos. - Oxycephalus pectinatus Bovallius, C. 1887. Systematical list of the Amphipoda Hyperiidea. Bihang till Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 11(16): 1-50 [36].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMC CRU 440 ♂ juv., subtropical Atlantic, Indian Oceans. - Oxycephalus notabilis Spandl, H. 1924. Expeditionen S.M. Schiff "Pola" in das Rote Meer Nördliche und Südliche Hälfte 1895/96–1897/98. Zoologische Ergbebnisse XXXV. Die Amphipoden des Roten Meeres. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien 99: 19-73 [32, fig. 7].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHMW Inv. Nr. 8441–3, 8450, Red Sea. - Oxycephalus longipes Spandl, H. 1927. Die Hyperiiden (exkl. Hyperiidea Gammaroidea und Phronimidae) der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903. Deutsche Südpolar Expedition 1901–1903 19: 145-287 [181, fig. 14].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 20769 ♀, North Atlantic Ocean [05°27'N 21°41'W]. - Oxycephalus mancinii Cecchini, C. 1929. Oxicefalidi del Mar Rosso. Annali Idrographici Genova Mem 8: 478-492, pls 1-6 [483, pl. 3].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (lost), Red Sea.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Zeidler, W. 1999. Review of the hyperiidean amphipod genus Oxycephalus Milne-Edwards (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea: Oxycephalidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 13: 391-424 [403]
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Tropical, circumglobal (except Mediterranean Sea).
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 mile fishing zone: SE oceanic, W oceanic
Oriental Region
- Philippines
Ecological Descriptors
Marine, pelagic.
General References
Fage, L. 1960. Oxycephalidae. Amphipode pelagiques. Dana Reports 52: 1-145 [26]
Tranter, H.A. 1977. Further studies of plankton ecosystems in the Eastern Indian Ocean. VII. Ecology of the Amphipoda. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 28: 645-662 [651]
Zeidler, W. 1999. Review of the hyperiidean amphipod genus Oxycephalus Milne-Edwards (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea: Oxycephalidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 13: 391-424
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA | 29-Apr-2013 | MODIFIED | Dr Jim Lowry (AM) |
05-Aug-2022 | 22-Nov-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
05-Aug-2022 | 16-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
09-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |