WoRMS name details
Acidostoma sarsi Lincoln, 1979
102498 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:102498)
unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
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. (2026). World Amphipoda Database. Acidostoma sarsi Lincoln, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=102498 on 2026-04-30
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Nomenclature
replacement name source
Lincoln, R. J. (1979). British marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. <em>British Museum (Natural History).</em> 658 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 56; note: I have examined the holotype of obesum in the British Museum (Natural History) and have found it the same as neglectum described by Dahl; the species figured by Sars and always accepted as the true ob...
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basis of record Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. <em>in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 56; note: I have examined the holotype of obesum in the British Museum (Natural History) and have found it the same as neglectum described by Dahl; the species figured by Sars and always accepted as the true ob...
I have examined the holotype of obesum in the British Museum (Natural History) and have found it the same as neglectum described by Dahl; the species figured by Sars and always accepted as the true obesum is actually a separate species for which I propose the name Acidostoma sarsi nom. nov.
[request]basis of record Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. <em>in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Stoddart, H. E. & Lowry, J. K. (2012). Revision of the lysianassoid genera Acidostoma and Shackletonia (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Acidostomatidae fam.nov.). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3307: 1-34., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3307.1.1
note: indicates that A. sarsi is a junior synonym of A. nodiferum and both names are junior synonyms of A. obesum. [details] Available for editors [request]
note: indicates that A. sarsi is a junior synonym of A. nodiferum and both names are junior synonyms of A. obesum. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
