Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Amphilochidea > Infraorder Lysianassida > Parvorder Lysianassidira > Superfamily Lysianassoidea > Family Uristidae

Stephonyx Lowry & Stoddart, 1989

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

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

Literature

original description	Lowry J.K. & Stoddart H.E. (1989b). Stephonyx, a new, widespread genus of lysianassoid Amphipoda. Zoologica Scripta, 18, 4, 519-525.
additional source	Lowry, J. K.; Kilgallen, N. M. (2014). A generic review of the lysianassoid family Uristidae and descriptions of new taxa from Australian waters (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Uristidae). Zootaxa. 3867(1): 1.
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.
identification resource	Lowry J.K. & Stoddart H.E. (1989b). Stephonyx, a new, widespread genus of lysianassoid Amphipoda. Zoologica Scripta, 18, 4, 519-525.

Genbank

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. Stephonyx Lowry & Stoddart, 1989. 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:101656