Deep-Sea taxon details
Stenopleustes G.O. Sars, 1893
101733 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101733)
accepted
Genus
Sympleustes Stebbing, 1899 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Stenopleustes eldingi Gurjanova, 1930
- Species Stenopleustes jeskulkeae Lörz & Tandberg, 2025
- Species Stenopleustes latipes (M. Sars, 1858)
- Species Stenopleustes malmgreni (Boeck, 1871)
- Species Stenopleustes nodifer (G.O. Sars, 1883)
- Species Stenopleustes rainbowi Bellan-Santini, 2007
- Species Stenopleustes gracilis (Holmes, 1905) accepted as Gracilipleustes gracilis (Holmes, 1905)
- Species Stenopleustes inermis Shoemaker, 1949 accepted as Gracilipleustes inermis (Shoemaker, 1949) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sars, G.O. (1893). Amphipoda. Part XVI. Paramphitoidae, Epimeridae (part). An account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. I: 341-364, pls 121-128. Cammermeyer, Christiana (Oslo)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10926012 [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. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Stenopleustes G.O. Sars, 1893. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101733 on 2026-03-31
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Stenopleustes G.O. Sars, 1893. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101733 on 2026-03-31
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Sars, G.O. (1893). Amphipoda. Part XVI. Paramphitoidae, Epimeridae (part). An account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. I: 341-364, pls 121-128. Cammermeyer, Christiana (Oslo)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10926012 [details]
original description (of Sympleustes Stebbing, 1899) Stebbing, T.R.R. (1899). Revision of Amphipoda (continued). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (ser. 7) 4: 205-211.
page(s): 209 [details]
context source (WoRCS) Navarro-Barranco, C.; Martínez, A.; Sempere-Valverde, J.; Chebaane, S.; Digenis, M.; Plaitis, W.; Voultsiadou, E.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2023). Amphipods in Mediterranean Marine and Anchialine Caves: New Data and Overview of Existing Knowledge. <em>Diversity.</em> 15(12): 1180., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/12/1180 [details] Available for editors
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]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
identification resource Lörz, A.-N.; Tandberg, A. H. S. (2025). North Atlantic Pleustidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) with a focus on cold-water coral associations. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 1009: 1-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1009.3017
page(s): Table 3, page 38-39; note: Character matrix for all Stenopleustes species [details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation Chevreux, E. & Fage, L. (1925). Amphipodes. <em>Faune de France.</em> 9, 488 pp.; 438 figs., available online at http://faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/CHEVREUX&FAGE(FdeFr09)Amphipodes.pdf [details] Available for editors
original description (of Sympleustes Stebbing, 1899) Stebbing, T.R.R. (1899). Revision of Amphipoda (continued). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (ser. 7) 4: 205-211.
page(s): 209 [details]
context source (WoRCS) Navarro-Barranco, C.; Martínez, A.; Sempere-Valverde, J.; Chebaane, S.; Digenis, M.; Plaitis, W.; Voultsiadou, E.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2023). Amphipods in Mediterranean Marine and Anchialine Caves: New Data and Overview of Existing Knowledge. <em>Diversity.</em> 15(12): 1180., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/12/1180 [details] Available for editors
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]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
identification resource Lörz, A.-N.; Tandberg, A. H. S. (2025). North Atlantic Pleustidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) with a focus on cold-water coral associations. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 1009: 1-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1009.3017
page(s): Table 3, page 38-39; note: Character matrix for all Stenopleustes species [details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation Chevreux, E. & Fage, L. (1925). Amphipodes. <em>Faune de France.</em> 9, 488 pp.; 438 figs., available online at http://faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/CHEVREUX&FAGE(FdeFr09)Amphipodes.pdf [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
