Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Gammaridea > Superfamily Lysianassoidea > Family Uristidae

Stephonyx Lowry & Stoddart, 1989

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Stephonyx biscayensis (Chevreux, 1908)
Stephonyx talismani (Chevreux, 1919-20)

Literature

original description	Lowry J.K. & Stoddart H.E. (1989b). Stephonyx, a new, widespread genus of lysianassoid Amphipoda. Zoologica Scripta, 18, 4, 519-525.
basis of record	Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda, 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. 295-308
identification resource	Lowry J.K. & Stoddart H.E. (1989b). Stephonyx, a new, widespread genus of lysianassoid Amphipoda. Zoologica Scripta, 18, 4, 519-525.
identification resource	Senna, A.R. & Serejo, C.S. (2007) A new deep-sea species of Stephonyx (Lysianassoidea) from off the central coast of Brazil. Nauplius, 15(1), 7-14.
identification resource	Narahara, Y.; Tomikawa, K. & Torigoe, K. (2012). Four species of the genus Stephonyx (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Uristidae) from Japan, with description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 23-24(46) pp. 1477-1507
identification resource	Diffenthal M, Horton T. 2007. Stephonyx arabiensis (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea: Uristidae), a new deep-water scavenger species from the Indian Ocean, with a key to the genus Stephonyx. Zootaxa. 1665:31–41.

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Citation

Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C. (2014). Stephonyx Lowry & Stoddart, 1989. In: Horton, T.; Lowry, J. & De Broyer, C. (2013 onwards) World Amphipoda Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101656