WoRMS taxon details
Glossocephalus Bovallius, 1887
236586 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236586)
accepted
Genus
Elsia Giles, 1890 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Glossocephalus aurantium Zeidler & Browne, 2023
- Species Glossocephalus milneedwardsi Bovallius, 1887
- Species Glossocephalus rebecae Zeidler & Browne, 2015
- Species Glossocephalus spiniger Bovallius, 1887 accepted as Glossocephalus milneedwardsi Bovallius, 1887 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bovallius, C. (1887). Systematical list of the Amphipoda Hyperiidea. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar.</em> 11(16): 1-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14184578 [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. Glossocephalus Bovallius, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236586 on 2026-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Bovallius, C. (1887). Systematical list of the Amphipoda Hyperiidea. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar.</em> 11(16): 1-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14184578 [details]
original description (of Elsia Giles, 1890) 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]
basis of record Ruffo, S. (2006). Crustacea Malacostraca Amphipoda. <em>in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana.</em> , available online at http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/ [details]
original description (of Elsia Giles, 1890) 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]
basis of record Ruffo, S. (2006). Crustacea Malacostraca Amphipoda. <em>in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana.</em> , available online at http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/ [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Zeidler, W. (2016). A review of the families and genera of the superfamily Platysceloidea Bowman & Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea), together with keys to the families, genera and species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4192(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4192.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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Ayón, P., M.I. Criales-Hernández, R. Schwamborn & H.J. Hirche. (2008). Zooplankton research off Peru: A review. <em>Progress in Oceanography.</em> 79(2-4):238-255., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2008.10.020 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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| Japanese | フクロズキン属 | [details] |
