World Register of Deep-Sea species - Amphiascopsis Gurney, 1927

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Amphiascopsis Gurney, 1927

Amphiascus obscurus from Sars, G.O. 1906

AphiaID

115304 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115304)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Miraciidae Dana, 1846

Original name

Amphiascopsis Gurney, 1927

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Species Amphiascopsis waihonu (Hicks, 1986) accepted as Amphiascus waihonu (Hicks, 1986)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Gurney, R. (1927). Zoological Results of the Cambridge Expedition to the Suez Canal, XXXIII: Report on the Crustacea - Copepoda (Littoral and Semi-Parasitic). Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 22(4):451-577, figs. 108-168, tab. 35. (xii-1927)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1927.tb00207.x [details] Available for editors

Descriptive notes

Taxonomy Willen, E. 2002 moved all genera of Diosaccidae into Miraciidae

Taxonomy Willen, E. 2002 moved all genera of Diosaccidae into Miraciidae [details]

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Amphiascopsis Gurney, 1927. 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=115304 on 2026-07-06

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Amphiascopsis Gurney, 1927. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115304 on 2026-07-06

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Huys, Rony

2008-06-24 07:15:47Z

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Walter, T. Chad

2015-02-23 08:14:28Z

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Walter, T. Chad

2022-06-29 12:59:22Z

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Walter, T. Chad

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original description Gurney, R. (1927). Zoological Results of the Cambridge Expedition to the Suez Canal, XXXIII: Report on the Crustacea - Copepoda (Littoral and Semi-Parasitic). Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 22(4):451-577, figs. 108-168, tab. 35. (xii-1927)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1927.tb00207.x [details] Available for editors

basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Lang, K. (1965). Copepoda Harpacticoida from the Californian Pacific coast. Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar, Fjarde Serien. Almquist & Wiksell, Stockholm. 10(2):1-560, figs. 1-303, pls. 1-6. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Lang, K. (1948). Monographie der Harpacticiden. Vol. 1 [Monographs of the Harpacticites. Vol. 1]. Hakan Ohlsson's Boktryckeri, Lund; reprinted Nordiska Bokhandeln, Stockholm. 1:1-896, figs. 1-361. (reprinted 1976). [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Willen, E. (2002). Notes on the systematic position of the Stenheliinae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) within the Thalestridimorpha and description of two new species from Motupore Island, Papua New Guinea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 43(1): 27-42. [details] Available for editors