WoRMS taxon details
Cheiriphotis megacheles (Giles, 1885)
214786 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214786)
accepted
Species
Eurystheus hirsutus Giles, 1888 · unaccepted (female of C. megacheles)
Melita megacheles Giles, 1885 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Subspecies Cheiriphotis megacheles durbanensis K.H. Barnard, 1916 accepted as Cheiriphotis durbanensis K.H. Barnard, 1916
marine
(of Melita megacheles Giles, 1885) Giles G.M. (1885b). Natural history notes from H.M.'s Indian marine survey steamer "Investigator" , commander Alfred Carpenter, R.N. commanding. N° 2. Description of a new species of the amphipod genus Melita from the Bay of Bengal. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 54, pp. 69-71;pl. 3. [details]
Distribution Indo-Pacific (Griffiths, 1973).
Distribution Indo-Pacific (Griffiths, 1973). [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.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2023). World Amphipoda Database. Cheiriphotis megacheles (Giles, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214786 on 2023-03-28
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original description
(of Melita megacheles Giles, 1885) Giles G.M. (1885b). Natural history notes from H.M.'s Indian marine survey steamer "Investigator" , commander Alfred Carpenter, R.N. commanding. N° 2. Description of a new species of the amphipod genus Melita from the Bay of Bengal. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 54, pp. 69-71;pl. 3. [details]
original description (of Eurystheus hirsutus Giles, 1888) Giles, G. M. (1888). XV.—Natural History Notes from H.M.'s Indian Marine Survey Steamer 'Investigator', Commander ALFRED CARPENTER, R.N., Commanding, 6. On Six new Amphipods from the Bay of Bengal. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 56 (2/2): 212–229., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35711206 [details]
basis of record Barnard, K. H. (1955). Additions to the fauna-list of South African Crustacea and Pycnogonida. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 43: 1-107., available online at https://ia800308.us.archive.org/19/items/annalsofsouthafr4319sout/annalsofsouthafr4319sout.pdf [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Eurystheus hirsutus Giles, 1888) Giles, G. M. (1888). XV.—Natural History Notes from H.M.'s Indian Marine Survey Steamer 'Investigator', Commander ALFRED CARPENTER, R.N., Commanding, 6. On Six new Amphipods from the Bay of Bengal. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 56 (2/2): 212–229., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35711206 [details]
basis of record Barnard, K. H. (1955). Additions to the fauna-list of South African Crustacea and Pycnogonida. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 43: 1-107., available online at https://ia800308.us.archive.org/19/items/annalsofsouthafr4319sout/annalsofsouthafr4319sout.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
