WoRMS taxon details
Ambicholestes Just, 1998
491805 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:491805)
accepted
Genus
Caribboecetes magellani Just, 1984 accepted as Ambicholestes (Ambicholestes) magellani (Just, 1984) accepted as Ambicholestes magellani (Just, 1984) (type by original designation)
Ambicholestes (Ambicholestes) Just, 1998 · unaccepted (raised to genus level)
- Species Ambicholestes crassicornis (Just, 1984)
- Species Ambicholestes cygnatratus Just, 1998
- Species Ambicholestes magellani (Just, 1984)
- Species Ambicholestes nanshaensis (Ren, 2006)
- Species Ambicholestes poorei Just, 1998
- Species Ambicholestes squamiferus (Just, 1984)
- Species Ambicholestes trilobatus Just, 1998
- Subgenus Ambicholestes (Ambicholestes) Just, 1998 accepted as Ambicholestes Just, 1998 (raised to genus level)
- Species Ambicholestes (Ambicholestes) crassicornis (Just, 1984) accepted as Ambicholestes crassicornis (Just, 1984) (superseded combination)
- Species Ambicholestes (Ambicholestes) cygnatratus Just, 1998 accepted as Ambicholestes cygnatratus Just, 1998 (superseded combination)
- Species Ambicholestes (Ambicholestes) magellani (Just, 1984) accepted as Ambicholestes magellani (Just, 1984) (superseded combination)
- Species Ambicholestes (Ambicholestes) poorei Just, 1998 accepted as Ambicholestes poorei Just, 1998 (superseded combination)
- Species Ambicholestes (Ambicholestes) squamiferus (Just, 1984) accepted as Ambicholestes squamiferus (Just, 1984) (superseded combination)
- Species Ambicholestes (Ambicholestes) trilobatus Just, 1998 accepted as Ambicholestes trilobatus Just, 1998 (superseded combination)
- Subgenus Ambicholestes (Australolestes) Just, 1998 accepted as Australolestes Just, 2011 (raised to genus level)
- Species Ambicholestes (Australolestes) berentsae Just, 1998 accepted as Australolestes berentsae (Just, 1998) (superseded combination)
- Species Ambicholestes (Australolestes) minutus Just, 1998 accepted as Australolestes minutus (Just, 1998) (superseded combination)
- Species Ambicholestes (Australolestes) thetis Just, 1998 accepted as Australolestes thetis (Just, 1998) (superseded combination)
- Subgenus Ambicholestes (Austrolestes) Just, 1998 accepted as Ambicholestes (Australolestes) Just, 1998 accepted as Australolestes Just, 2011 (junior homonym (Insecta, Odonata))
- Species Ambicholestes (Austrolestes) berentsae Just, 1998 accepted as Ambicholestes (Australolestes) berentsae Just, 1998 accepted as Australolestes berentsae (Just, 1998)
- Species Ambicholestes (Austrolestes) minutus Just, 1998 accepted as Ambicholestes (Australolestes) minutus Just, 1998 accepted as Australolestes minutus (Just, 1998)
- Species Ambicholestes (Austrolestes) thetis Just, 1998 accepted as Ambicholestes (Australolestes) thetis Just, 1998 accepted as Australolestes thetis (Just, 1998)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Just J. (1998). Siphonoecetinae (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Ischyroceridae) : Australia Concholestids, Ambicholestes n.gen., with a description of six new species, and a new, restricted diagnosis for Caribboecetes Just, 1983. Records of the Australian Museum., 50, 1, 27-54. [details] Available for editors 
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Etymology The genus name is derived from the Latin ambifarius = with two sides, referring to the bimodal distribution of the genus...
Etymology The genus name is derived from the Latin ambifarius = with two sides, referring to the bimodal distribution of the genus (South East Asia-Australia and the Caribbean), combined with an allusion to its concholestid affinity. Masculinum. [details]
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilaş-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. Ambicholestes Just, 1998. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=491805 on 2024-04-25
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original description
Just J. (1998). Siphonoecetinae (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Ischyroceridae) : Australia Concholestids, Ambicholestes n.gen., with a description of six new species, and a new, restricted diagnosis for Caribboecetes Just, 1983. Records of the Australian Museum., 50, 1, 27-54. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Ambicholestes (Ambicholestes) Just, 1998) Just J. (1998). Siphonoecetinae (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Ischyroceridae) : Australia Concholestids, Ambicholestes n.gen., with a description of six new species, and a new, restricted diagnosis for Caribboecetes Just, 1983. Records of the Australian Museum., 50, 1, 27-54. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request] original description (of Ambicholestes (Ambicholestes) Just, 1998) Just J. (1998). Siphonoecetinae (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Ischyroceridae) : Australia Concholestids, Ambicholestes n.gen., with a description of six new species, and a new, restricted diagnosis for Caribboecetes Just, 1983. Records of the Australian Museum., 50, 1, 27-54. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology The genus name is derived from the Latin ambifarius = with two sides, referring to the bimodal distribution of the genus (South East Asia-Australia and the Caribbean), combined with an allusion to its concholestid affinity. Masculinum. [details]
