Deep-Sea taxon details
Onisimus plautus (Krøyer, 1845)
102649 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:102649)
accepted
Species
Boeckosimus plautus (Krøyer, 1845) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Krøyer, H. (1845). Karcinologiske Bidrag (Fortsaettelse). [Carcinological Contributions (Continued)]. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. II.</em> 1: 453-638, pls. 6-7. [details] 
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern...
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), Magdalen Islands (from eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo strait); South slope of Anticosti Island [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. Onisimus plautus (Krøyer, 1845). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=102649 on 2026-09-13
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Onisimus plautus (Krøyer, 1845). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=102649 on 2026-09-13
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(of ) Krøyer, H. (1845). Karcinologiske Bidrag (Fortsaettelse). [Carcinological Contributions (Continued)]. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. II.</em> 1: 453-638, pls. 6-7. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
redescription Berge, J.; Vader, W.; Johnsen, W. (2007). Studies on the genus Onisimus Boeck, 1871 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Uristidae) II. The barentsi and edwardsii groups. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1410: 55–68., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1410.1.3 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Lowry, J.K.; Stoddart, H.E. (1993). The <i>Onisimus</i> problem (Amphipoda, Lysianassoidea, Uristidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 22(2): 167-181. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1993.tb00349.x [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
redescription Berge, J.; Vader, W.; Johnsen, W. (2007). Studies on the genus Onisimus Boeck, 1871 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Uristidae) II. The barentsi and edwardsii groups. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1410: 55–68., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1410.1.3 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Lowry, J.K.; Stoddart, H.E. (1993). The <i>Onisimus</i> problem (Amphipoda, Lysianassoidea, Uristidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 22(2): 167-181. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1993.tb00349.x [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), Magdalen Islands (from eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo strait); South slope of Anticosti Island [details]Habitat infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
