Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Gammaridea > Infraorder Gammarida > Family Oedicerotidae > Genus Arrhis

Arrhis phyllonyx (Sars, 1858)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Arrhis*	Stebbing, 1906	accepted genus name
*Aceros*	Boeck, 1861	later homonym
*Aceros*	Boeck, 1861	synonym

Species group names

*Aceros phyllonyx*	(Sars, 1858)	synonym

Children

Arrhis phyllonyx arcticus Bryazgin, 1974

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: sea piglet sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Sea Piglet

Literature

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	Lincoln, R.J. (1979). British marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. British Museum (Natural History): London, UK. ISBN 0-565-00818-8. vi, 658 pp.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 1998. Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

External Links

Link Marine Life Information Network - UK
Link To GBIF

Citation

Costello, M.; Bellan-Santini, D. (2011). Arrhis phyllonyx (Sars, 1858). In: Lowry, J. (2010) World Amphipoda database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:102870