WoRMS name details
Elsia indica Giles, 1890
1264468 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1264468)
unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Species
Elsia Giles, 1890 accepted as Glossocephalus Bovallius, 1887
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Giles, G. M. (1890). Natural history notes from H.M.'s Indian marine survey steamer "Investigator" , commander Alfred Carpenter, R.N. commanding. N° 9. Further notes on the Amphipoda of Indian waters. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 57: 220-255. [details] 
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. Elsia indica Giles, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1264468 on 2026-01-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Giles, G. M. (1890). Natural history notes from H.M.'s Indian marine survey steamer "Investigator" , commander Alfred Carpenter, R.N. commanding. N° 9. Further notes on the Amphipoda of Indian waters. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 57: 220-255. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Stephensen, K. (1925). Hyperiidea - Amphipoda (Part. 3: Lyaeopsidae, Pronoidae, Lycaeidae, Brachyscelidae, Oxycephalidae, Parascelidae, Platyscelidae). <em>Report on the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908-1910 to the Mediterranean and Adjacent Seas.</em> 2, 151–252. [details] Available for editors 
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