WoRMS taxon details
Orchomenella infinita Seefeldt in Seefeldt, Weigand, Havermans, Moreira & Held, 2017
1035116 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1035116)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Seefeldt, M. A.; Weigand, A. M.; Havermans, C.; Moreira, E.; Held, C. (2017). Fishing for scavengers: an integrated study to amphipod (Crustacea: Lysianassoidea) diversity of Potter Cove (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0737-9
note: Published Online 16 June, 2017 [details] Available for editors
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note: Published Online 16 June, 2017 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype ZMB 30506, geounit King George Island
, Note Potter Cove, King George Island, South...
Holotype ZMB 30506, geounit King George Island [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Potter Cove, King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica (62°14′S 58°41′W). [details]
Etymology The epitheton infinita (latin: boundless, unlimited, endless, infinite) refers to the seemingly endless discovery of new...
Etymology The epitheton infinita (latin: boundless, unlimited, endless, infinite) refers to the seemingly endless discovery of new species and the never ending chaos within the group of ‘orchomenids’. It expresses the opposite to the morphologically most similar species, O. ultima, whose name could be misleadingly interpreted as the last species ever described in that genus. [details]
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copila?-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. Orchomenella infinita Seefeldt in Seefeldt, Weigand, Havermans, Moreira & Held, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1035116 on 2024-04-18
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original description
Seefeldt, M. A.; Weigand, A. M.; Havermans, C.; Moreira, E.; Held, C. (2017). Fishing for scavengers: an integrated study to amphipod (Crustacea: Lysianassoidea) diversity of Potter Cove (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0737-9
note: Published Online 16 June, 2017 [details] Available for editors [request]
note: Published Online 16 June, 2017 [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZMB 30506, geounit King George Island [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The epitheton infinita (latin: boundless, unlimited, endless, infinite) refers to the seemingly endless discovery of new species and the never ending chaos within the group of ‘orchomenids’. It expresses the opposite to the morphologically most similar species, O. ultima, whose name could be misleadingly interpreted as the last species ever described in that genus. [details]Type locality Potter Cove, King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica (62°14′S 58°41′W). [details]
