World Register of Deep-Sea species - Amallophora magna Scott T., 1894

Deep-Sea name details

Amallophora magna Scott T., 1894

Amallophora magna from Sars, G.O. 1902

AphiaID

364608 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:364608)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Scaphocalanus magnus (Scott T., 1894)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Amallophora Scott T., 1894

Parent

Amallophora Scott T., 1894 accepted as Xanthocalanus Giesbrecht, 1893

Original name

Amallophora magna Scott T., 1894

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology. 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598493 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Amallophora magna Scott T., 1894. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=364608 on 2026-07-28

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Amallophora magna Scott T., 1894. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=364608 on 2026-07-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-08-06 09:42:48Z

created

Walter, T. Chad

2012-12-15 11:47:27Z

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Walter, T. Chad

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original description Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology. 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598493 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

additional source Sars, G.O. (1902). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts V & VI, Scolecithricidae, Stephidae, Tharybidae, Pseudocyclopiidae. An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum. 4: 49-72, pls. 33-48. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)

From editor or global species database

Amallophora magna from Sars, G.O. 1902