Deep-Sea taxon details
Akanthophoreus gracilis (Krøyer, 1842)
136340 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136340)
accepted
Species
Leptognathia gracilis (Krøyer, 1842) · unaccepted (synonym)
Leptognathia sarsi Hansen, 1909 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Paraleptognathia gracilis (Krøyer, 1842) · unaccepted (Synonym)
marine
(of ) Krøyer, H. (1842). Nye Arter af Slaegten <i>Tanais</i>. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. I.</em> 4: 167-188, pl. 2. [details] 
Distribution Saguenay Fjord, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern...
Taxonomy complex synonymy; species group
Distribution Saguenay Fjord, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary,; lower St. Lawrence estuary [details]
Taxonomy complex synonymy; species group
Taxonomy complex synonymy; species group [details]
Deep-Sea (2025). Akanthophoreus gracilis (Krøyer, 1842). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136340 on 2026-02-21
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Akanthophoreus gracilis (Krøyer, 1842). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136340 on 2026-02-21
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(of ) Krøyer, H. (1842). Nye Arter af Slaegten <i>Tanais</i>. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. I.</em> 4: 167-188, pl. 2. [details]
taxonomy source Bird, G.J. (2007). Family incertae cedis. In: Larsen, K., & M. Shimomura (eds.), Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) From Japan III. The Deep Trenches: The Kurile-Kamchatka Trench and Japan Trench. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1599: 121-149., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1599.1.1 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Bird, G.J. (2001). Tanaidacea. In: Costello, M.J., C.S. Emblow, & R. White (eds.), European Register of Marine Species. A Check-List of the Marine Species in Europe and a Bibliography of Guides to Their Identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 310-315. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Anderson, G. (2016). Tanaidacea-- Thirty Years of Scholarship. (Vers. 2.0, Dec., 2016)., available online at http://aquila.usm.edu/tanaids30/3 [details]
new combination reference Sieg, J. (1986). Tanaidacea (Crustacea) von der Antarktis und Subantarktis. II. Tanaidacea gesammelt von Dr. J.W. Wägele während der Deutschen Antarktis Expedition 1983. <em>Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Museum der Universität Kiel.</em> 2 (4): 1-80. [details]
taxonomy source Bird, G.J. (2007). Family incertae cedis. In: Larsen, K., & M. Shimomura (eds.), Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) From Japan III. The Deep Trenches: The Kurile-Kamchatka Trench and Japan Trench. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1599: 121-149., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1599.1.1 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Bird, G.J. (2001). Tanaidacea. In: Costello, M.J., C.S. Emblow, & R. White (eds.), European Register of Marine Species. A Check-List of the Marine Species in Europe and a Bibliography of Guides to Their Identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 310-315. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Anderson, G. (2016). Tanaidacea-- Thirty Years of Scholarship. (Vers. 2.0, Dec., 2016)., available online at http://aquila.usm.edu/tanaids30/3 [details]
new combination reference Sieg, J. (1986). Tanaidacea (Crustacea) von der Antarktis und Subantarktis. II. Tanaidacea gesammelt von Dr. J.W. Wägele während der Deutschen Antarktis Expedition 1983. <em>Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Museum der Universität Kiel.</em> 2 (4): 1-80. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Saguenay Fjord, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary,; lower St. Lawrence estuary [details]Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Taxonomy complex synonymy; species group [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Leptognathia gracilis (Krøyer, 1842))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Leptognathia sarsi Hansen, 1909)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Akanthophoreus gracilis)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Leptognathia sarsi Hansen, 1909)
To PESI (from synonym Leptognathia gracilis (Krøyer, 1842))
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) (from synonym Leptognathia gracilis (Krøyer, 1842))
To The Arctic Traits Database (12 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records) (from synonym Paraleptognathia gracilis (Krøyer, 1842))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (33 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Leptognathia sarsi Hansen, 1909)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Akanthophoreus gracilis)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Leptognathia sarsi Hansen, 1909)
To PESI (from synonym Leptognathia gracilis (Krøyer, 1842))
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) (from synonym Leptognathia gracilis (Krøyer, 1842))
To The Arctic Traits Database (12 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records) (from synonym Paraleptognathia gracilis (Krøyer, 1842))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (33 records)
