Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Hyperiidea > Infraorder Physocephalata > Superfamily Phronimoidea > Family Hyperiidae

Themisto Guérin, 1825

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Paratemisto*		orthographic variant
*Euthemisto*	Bovallius, 1887	synonym
*Paratemisto*		synonym
*Parathemisto*	Boeck, 1870	synonym

Children

Themisto abyssorum Boeck, 1870
Themisto compressa Goës, 1865
Themisto gaudichaudii Guérin, 1825
Themisto libellula (Lichtenstein in Mandt, 1822)

Literature

original description	Guérin, F.E. (1825) Encyclopédie Méthodique Histoire Naturelle. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes par M. Latreille. Tome 10. Paris.
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
additional source	ITIS database
identification resource	Zeidler, W. (1998) Pelagic Amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea) collected from Eastern and south-eastern Australian waters by the CSIRO researcgh vessel "Warreen" during the years 1938-41. Records of the South Australian Museum Monograph Series. 4: 1-143.

Genbank

External Links

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Citation

Gasca, R.; Zeidler, W. (2014). Themisto Guérin, 1825. 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:101800