Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Hyperiidea > Infraorder Physocephalata > Parvorder Physocephalatidira > Superfamily Platysceloidea > Family Parascelidae

Parascelus Claus, 1879

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Parascelus edwardsi Claus, 1879

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: タテウミノミ属

Literature

original description	Claus, C. (1879). Die Gattungen und Arten der Platysceliden in Systematischer Übersicht. Arbeiten aus dem Zoologischen Institut der Universität zu Wien. 2: 147-198.
basis of record	Ruffo, S. (2006). Crustacea Malacostraca Amphipoda. in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana.
additional source	Zeidler, W. (1998). Pelagic Amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea) collected from Eastern and south-eastern Australian waters by the CSIRO research vessel "Warreen" during the years 1938-41. Records of the South Australian Museum Monograph Series. 4: 1-143.
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.

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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. Parascelus Claus, 1879. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236601