Deep-Sea taxon details
Cheirimedon Stebbing, 1888
177022 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:177022)
accepted
Genus
Cheirimedon crenatipalmatus Stebbing, 1888 (type by monotypy)
- Species Cheirimedon cansada (J.L. Barnard, 1961)
- Species Cheirimedon chevreuxi Kilgallen & Lowry, 2015
- Species Cheirimedon crenatipalmatus Stebbing, 1888
- Species Cheirimedon danai Kilgallen & Lowry, 2015
- Species Cheirimedon foscae Siqueira & Serejo, 2014
- Species Cheirimedon gurjanovae Kilgallen & Lowry, 2015
- Species Cheirimedon hendrycksi Kilgallen & Lowry, 2015
- Species Cheirimedon hurleyi Kilgallen & Lowry, 2015
- Species Cheirimedon velia (J.L. Barnard, 1961)
- Species Cheirimedon pectinipalma K.H. Barnard, 1925 accepted as Coximedon pectinipalma (K.H. Barnard, 1925) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Stebbing, T.R.R. (1888). Report on the Amphipoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 29 (part 67): i-xxiv, 1-1737, pl. 1-212., available online at http://19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-67/htm/doc.html
page(s): 638 [details]
page(s): 638 [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. Cheirimedon Stebbing, 1888. 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=177022 on 2026-07-11
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Cheirimedon Stebbing, 1888. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=177022 on 2026-07-11
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Stebbing, T.R.R. (1888). Report on the Amphipoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 29 (part 67): i-xxiv, 1-1737, pl. 1-212., available online at http://19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-67/htm/doc.html
page(s): 638 [details]
additional source Lowry, J. K.; Kilgallen, N. M. (2015). <em>Debroyerella</em> gen. nov. and <em>Ulladulla</em> gen. nov., two new lysianassoid genera (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassoidea). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3920(1): 153., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3920.1.7 [details] Available for editors
additional source Siqueira, S. G. L.; Serejo, C. S. (2014). <em>Cheirimedon</em> <em>foscae</em> sp. nov. (Amphipoda: Lysianassidae: Tryphosinae) from the deep sea Campos Basin, Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3873(2): 145., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3873.2.2 [details] Available for editors
additional source De Broyer, C.; Lowry, J.K.; Jazdzewski, K. & Robert, H. (2007). Catalogue of the Gammaridean and Corophiidean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Southern Ocean, with distribution and ecological data. In: De Broyer C. (ed.). Census of Antarctic Marine Life: Synopsis of the Amphipoda of the Southern Ocean. Vol. I. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Biologie.</em> 77, suppl. 1: 1-325. [details]
identification resource Kilgallen, N.; Lowry, J. (2015). The tryphosine genus <em>Cheirimedon</em> in Australian waters (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassidae, Tryphosinae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4014(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4014.1.1 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 638 [details]
additional source Lowry, J. K.; Kilgallen, N. M. (2015). <em>Debroyerella</em> gen. nov. and <em>Ulladulla</em> gen. nov., two new lysianassoid genera (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassoidea). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3920(1): 153., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3920.1.7 [details] Available for editors
additional source Siqueira, S. G. L.; Serejo, C. S. (2014). <em>Cheirimedon</em> <em>foscae</em> sp. nov. (Amphipoda: Lysianassidae: Tryphosinae) from the deep sea Campos Basin, Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3873(2): 145., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3873.2.2 [details] Available for editors
additional source De Broyer, C.; Lowry, J.K.; Jazdzewski, K. & Robert, H. (2007). Catalogue of the Gammaridean and Corophiidean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Southern Ocean, with distribution and ecological data. In: De Broyer C. (ed.). Census of Antarctic Marine Life: Synopsis of the Amphipoda of the Southern Ocean. Vol. I. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Biologie.</em> 77, suppl. 1: 1-325. [details]
identification resource Kilgallen, N.; Lowry, J. (2015). The tryphosine genus <em>Cheirimedon</em> in Australian waters (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassidae, Tryphosinae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4014(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4014.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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