Galapagos Species Database

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Ampithoe plumulosa Shoemaker, 1938

amphipodo, Amphipods

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Amphipoda

Suborder
Corophiidea

Family
Ampithoidae

Genus
Ampithoe

Species
plumulosa

Taxon category: Accepted

Subspecies Ampithoe plumulosa plumulosa Shoemaker, 1938, Ampithoe plumulosa tepahue J.L. Barnard, 1979, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)

Origin: Native

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • Barnard, J.L. (1979) Littoral Gammaridean Amphipoda from de Gulf of California and the Galápagos Islands. Smithsonian Contrib. Zool. 271: 1-149.
  • Barnard, J.L. (1964) Marine Crustacea of the Galápagos Islands. Galápagos International Scientific Project, January - March 1964, unpublished report: 1-11.
  • Barnard, J.L. (1991) Amphipoda of the Galápagos Islands. In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press, New York and London, p. 193-206.

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