Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Cumacea > Family Diastylidae > Genus Diastylis

Diastylis rathkei (Krøyer, 1841)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cuma Milne Edwards, 1828

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Diastylis*	Say, 1818	accepted genus name

Children

Diastylis rathkei typica Zimmer

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Polish: pośródek pospolity

Literature

basis of record	Watling, L. (2001). Cumacea, 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. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 308-310
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Zimmer, C. (1933). Cumacea. The fauna of the North Sea and Baltic, 23(10.g4). Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft: Leipzig, Germany. 70-120 pp.
additional source	The Zoological Record: records of zoological literature relating chiefly to the year. Zoological Society of London City: London, UK.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Watling, L.; Gerken, S. (2025). World Cumacea Database. Diastylis rathkei (Krøyer, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110487