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AfReMaS taxon details
Cyamus
Latreille, 1796
AphiaID
158319
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158319)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Arthropoda
(Phylum)
Crustacea
(Subphylum)
Multicrustacea
(Superclass)
Malacostraca
(Class)
Eumalacostraca
(Subclass)
Peracarida
(Superorder)
Amphipoda
(Order)
Senticaudata
(Suborder)
Corophiida
(Infraorder)
Caprellidira
(Parvorder)
Caprelloidea
(Superfamily)
Cyamidae
(Family)
Cyaminae
(Subfamily)
Cyamus
(Genus)
Status
accepted
Rank
Genus
Parent
Cyaminae Iwasa-Arai & Serejo, 2018
Original name
Cyamus
Latreille, 1796
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Species
Cyamus boopis
Lütken, 1870
Species
Cyamus erraticus
Roussel de Vauzème, 1834
Species
Cyamus gracilis
Roussel de Vauzème, 1834
Species
Cyamus ovalis
Roussel de Vauzème, 1834
Species
Cyamus balaenopterae
K.H. Barnard, 1931
accepted as
Balaenocyamus balaenopterae
(K.H. Barnard, 1931)
(
unaccepted
>
superseded combination
)
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
Not documented
Taxonomic citation
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. (2025). World Amphipoda Database.
Cyamus
Latreille, 1796. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158319 on 2026-09-08
Regional species database citation
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species.
Cyamus
Latreille, 1796. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158319 on 2026-09-08
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2005-05-25 08:24:16Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-03-05 20:37:16Z
checked
De Broyer, Claude
2018-06-05 14:47:01Z
changed
Horton, Tammy
2021-11-02 16:14:33Z
changed
Horton, Tammy
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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (0)
Attributes (5)
Links (4)
basis of record
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
,
available online at
http://www.itis.gov
[details]
additional source
De Broyer, Claude. Checklist of Antarctic Amphipoda.
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
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