Deep-Sea taxon details
Amphithyris buckmani Thomson, 1918
235651 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:235651)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Thomson, J. A. (1918). Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–14, Under the Leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson, D.Sc., B.E., Brachiopoda. <em>Scientific Reports (series C).</em> 4(3): 1-76, 4 pl. [details] 
Holotype NMNZ Br 80, geounit Cook Strait
Holotype NMNZ Br 80, geounit Cook Strait [details]
Verhoeff, T. (2025). World Brachiopoda Database. Amphithyris buckmani Thomson, 1918. 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=235651 on 2026-08-16
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Amphithyris buckmani Thomson, 1918. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=235651 on 2026-08-16
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2016-02-08 05:55:17Z
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original description
Thomson, J. A. (1918). Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–14, Under the Leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson, D.Sc., B.E., Brachiopoda. <em>Scientific Reports (series C).</em> 4(3): 1-76, 4 pl. [details]
taxonomy source Nauendorf, A.; Wörheide, G.; Lüter, C. (2014). Revision of the brachiopod genus <em>Amphithyris</em> (Rhynchonelliformea: Platidiidae) with descriptions of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3847(2): 221-240., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3847.2.3
note: Compares A. buckmani to all other species in the genus Amphithyris (relying on Mackinnon et al.'s 2008, re-description of A. buckmani). [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]
basis of record Macfarlan, D.A.B.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Campbell, H.J.; Cooper, R.A.; Lee, D.E.; MacKinnon, D.I.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Wright, A.J.; Robinson, J.H. (2009). Phylum Brachiopoda: lamp shells, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 255-267. [details]
additional source Bitner M. A. (2008). New data on the recent brachiopods from the Fiji and Wallis and Futuna islands, South-West Pacific. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 30(2): 419-461. [details] Available for editors
additional source Campbell, H. J..; Fleming, C. A. (1981). Brachiopoda from Fiordland, New Zealand, collected during the Golden Hind Expedition, 1946. <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 8: 145-155., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1981.10427955
note: Material assigned to A. buckmani in this paper was done so in error, and later described as the new species A. parva (see Mackinnon et al. 2014, & Nauendorf et al. 2014). [details] Available for editors
additional source Logan, A. (2007). Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. <em>In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Brachiopoda (revised), vol.6, 3082–3115. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.</em> [details]
additional source Bitner, M. A. (2019). Recent brachiopods from the Tonga Islands, SW Pacific: taxonomy and biogeography. <em>Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e stratigrafia.</em> 125(3): 587-608.
note: Expands distribution to off Tongan Islands. [details] Available for editors
redescription Mackinnon, D. I.; Hiller, N.; Long, S. L.; Marshall, B. A. (2008). <i>Neoaemula</i>, a new genus of platidiid brachiopod, with observations on species referred to the Recent platidiid brachiopod genus <i>Amphithyris</i> Thomson. <em>Fossils and Strata.</em> 54: 321-331., available online at https://doi.org/10.18261/9781405186643-2008-35
note: Relocates and re-describes Holotype of A. buckmani. Also identifies material erroneously attributed to A. buckmani (by Campbell & Fleming, 1981) as belonging to new species (A. parva). [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Nauendorf, A.; Wörheide, G.; Lüter, C. (2014). Revision of the brachiopod genus <em>Amphithyris</em> (Rhynchonelliformea: Platidiidae) with descriptions of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3847(2): 221-240., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3847.2.3
note: Compares A. buckmani to all other species in the genus Amphithyris (relying on Mackinnon et al.'s 2008, re-description of A. buckmani). [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]
basis of record Macfarlan, D.A.B.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Campbell, H.J.; Cooper, R.A.; Lee, D.E.; MacKinnon, D.I.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Wright, A.J.; Robinson, J.H. (2009). Phylum Brachiopoda: lamp shells, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 255-267. [details]
additional source Bitner M. A. (2008). New data on the recent brachiopods from the Fiji and Wallis and Futuna islands, South-West Pacific. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 30(2): 419-461. [details] Available for editors
additional source Campbell, H. J..; Fleming, C. A. (1981). Brachiopoda from Fiordland, New Zealand, collected during the Golden Hind Expedition, 1946. <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 8: 145-155., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1981.10427955
note: Material assigned to A. buckmani in this paper was done so in error, and later described as the new species A. parva (see Mackinnon et al. 2014, & Nauendorf et al. 2014). [details] Available for editors
additional source Logan, A. (2007). Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. <em>In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Brachiopoda (revised), vol.6, 3082–3115. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.</em> [details]
additional source Bitner, M. A. (2019). Recent brachiopods from the Tonga Islands, SW Pacific: taxonomy and biogeography. <em>Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e stratigrafia.</em> 125(3): 587-608.
note: Expands distribution to off Tongan Islands. [details] Available for editors
redescription Mackinnon, D. I.; Hiller, N.; Long, S. L.; Marshall, B. A. (2008). <i>Neoaemula</i>, a new genus of platidiid brachiopod, with observations on species referred to the Recent platidiid brachiopod genus <i>Amphithyris</i> Thomson. <em>Fossils and Strata.</em> 54: 321-331., available online at https://doi.org/10.18261/9781405186643-2008-35
note: Relocates and re-describes Holotype of A. buckmani. Also identifies material erroneously attributed to A. buckmani (by Campbell & Fleming, 1981) as belonging to new species (A. parva). [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NMNZ Br 80, geounit Cook Strait [details]
