Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Gammaridea > Family Urothoidae > Genus Urothoe

Urothoe elegans (Bate, 1857)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

UrothoeDana, 1852accepted genus name

Species group names

Urothoe abbreviata G.O. Sars, 1879 synonym
Urothoe norvegica Boeck, 1861 synonym

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

Bachelet, G.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Sorbe, J.C. (2003). An updated checklist of marine and brackish water Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the southern Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic). Cah. Biol. Mar. 44(2): 121-151

additional source

Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission RĂ©gionale de Biologie RĂ©gion Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

additional source

Barnard, K.H.. 1955. Additions to the fauna-list of South African Crustacea and Pycnogonida. Annals of the South African Museum 43:1-107, figs. 1-53. (xii-1955)

additional source

Lincoln, R.J. (1979). British marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. British Museum (Natural History): London, UK. ISBN 0-565-00818-8. vi, 658 pp.

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Amphipod Collection
Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Urothoe elegans (Bate, 1857). 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:103228

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2004-12-21 by Denise Bellan-Santini

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