WoRMS taxon details
Pontocrates moorei Myers & Ashelby, 2022
1568802 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1568802)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Myers, A. A.; Ashelby, C. W. (2022). A revision of the genus Pontocrates Boeck, 1871 (Amphipoda, Oedicerotidae) with the description of P. moorei sp. nov. and the re-establishment of P. norvegicus (Boeck, 1860). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5115(4): 582-598., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5115.4.8 [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype NMINH MNINH 2021.16.1, geounit Isle of Wight
Holotype NMINH MNINH 2021.16.1, geounit Isle of Wight [details]
Distribution Currently only known with certainty from Britain and Ireland. Present on all British coasts, extending from the Orkney...
Etymology Named for P.G. Moore, who recorded this species (as P. arcticus) for the first time in the British Isles.
Distribution Currently only known with certainty from Britain and Ireland. Present on all British coasts, extending from the Orkney Isles in the north to the English Channel in the south. Also present in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Found from the mid-shore level to depths of 35 m in offshore areas. Substrates have included, muddy, fine, coarse and gravelly sand and gravel. [details]
Etymology Named for P.G. Moore, who recorded this species (as P. arcticus) for the first time in the British Isles.
Etymology Named for P.G. Moore, who recorded this species (as P. arcticus) for the first time in the British Isles. [details]
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. (2024). World Amphipoda Database. Pontocrates moorei Myers & Ashelby, 2022. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1568802 on 2024-05-02
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Myers, A. A.; Ashelby, C. W. (2022). A revision of the genus Pontocrates Boeck, 1871 (Amphipoda, Oedicerotidae) with the description of P. moorei sp. nov. and the re-establishment of P. norvegicus (Boeck, 1860). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5115(4): 582-598., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5115.4.8 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Holotype NMINH MNINH 2021.16.1, geounit Isle of Wight [details]
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Distribution Currently only known with certainty from Britain and Ireland. Present on all British coasts, extending from the Orkney Isles in the north to the English Channel in the south. Also present in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Found from the mid-shore level to depths of 35 m in offshore areas. Substrates have included, muddy, fine, coarse and gravelly sand and gravel. [details]Etymology Named for P.G. Moore, who recorded this species (as P. arcticus) for the first time in the British Isles. [details]
