WoRMS taxon details
Quasimodia J.L. Barnard, 1969
1378204 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1378204)
accepted
Genus
Quasimodia womersleyi Sheard, 1936 (type by original designation)
Quasimodia Sheard, 1936 (nomen nudum, without type species fixation; Article 13.3 of the Code)
Species Quasimodia barnardi Sheard, 1936
Species Quasimodia capricornis Sheard, 1936
Species Quasimodia enna J.L. Barnard, 1972
Species Quasimodia womersleyi Sheard, 1936
Species Quasimodia capricornis Sheard, 1936
Species Quasimodia enna J.L. Barnard, 1972
Species Quasimodia womersleyi Sheard, 1936
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Barnard J.L. (1969c). The families and genera of marine gammaridean Amphipoda. United States National Museum Bulletin, 271, 1-535; 173 figs.
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Etymology Although Sheard (1936) did not provide an etymology of Quasimodia, J.L. Barnard (1972) mentioned that this genus-group name...
Etymology Although Sheard (1936) did not provide an etymology of Quasimodia, J.L. Barnard (1972) mentioned that this genus-group name was from Quasimodo—a fictional hunchbacked character in Victor Hugo’s novel, and referred to the dorsal hump on pereonite 1 of the originally included three species. Thus, the generic name is deemed to be derived from the name of Quasimodo. Sheard (1936) did not state the gender of his genus-group name and it is not possible to tell from his original publication (his three included species-group names comprise two patronyms and a noun). As he used the Latin suffix –ia, it is reasonable to assume that the gender of the name Quasimodia should be treated as feminine as well. [details]
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Coleman, C.O.; 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.; Sket, B.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2021). World Amphipoda Database. Quasimodia J.L. Barnard, 1969. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1378204 on 2021-01-17
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original description
Barnard J.L. (1969c). The families and genera of marine gammaridean Amphipoda. United States National Museum Bulletin, 271, 1-535; 173 figs.
page(s): 412 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Quasimodia Sheard, 1936) Sheard K. (1936b). Amphipods of the phliantid group in the South Australian Museum, with a suggested division of the family. Records of the South Australian Museum, 5, pp. 456-468;6 figs. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Nakano, T.; Lowry, J. K. (2019). The correct authorship of the amphipod genus-group name <em>Quasimodia</em> (Senticaudata: Hyaloidea: Phliantidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4671(3): 449-450., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4671.3.12 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 412 [details] Available for editors
[request] original description (of Quasimodia Sheard, 1936) Sheard K. (1936b). Amphipods of the phliantid group in the South Australian Museum, with a suggested division of the family. Records of the South Australian Museum, 5, pp. 456-468;6 figs. [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Nakano, T.; Lowry, J. K. (2019). The correct authorship of the amphipod genus-group name <em>Quasimodia</em> (Senticaudata: Hyaloidea: Phliantidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4671(3): 449-450., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4671.3.12 [details] Available for editors
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Etymology Although Sheard (1936) did not provide an etymology of Quasimodia, J.L. Barnard (1972) mentioned that this genus-group name was from Quasimodo—a fictional hunchbacked character in Victor Hugo’s novel, and referred to the dorsal hump on pereonite 1 of the originally included three species. Thus, the generic name is deemed to be derived from the name of Quasimodo. Sheard (1936) did not state the gender of his genus-group name and it is not possible to tell from his original publication (his three included species-group names comprise two patronyms and a noun). As he used the Latin suffix –ia, it is reasonable to assume that the gender of the name Quasimodia should be treated as feminine as well. [details]
