Deep-Sea taxon details
Cyphocaris challengeri Stebbing, 1888
428630 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:428630)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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 [details] 
Holotype NHMUK NHM 1889:5:15:19, geounit North Pacific
, Note Holotype, 1/5 inch (5 mm), 4 slides, NHM...
Holotype NHMUK NHM 1889:5:15:19, geounit North Pacific [details]
From editor or global species database
Type material Holotype, 1/5 inch (5 mm), 4 slides, NHM 1889:5:15:19, 400 miles north of Sandwich Islands; (probably = north of Hawaiian Islands, North Pacific Ocean, 30°22’0”N 154°56’0”W), 2950 fm (4023 m), red clay, dredge, 21 July 1875, Challenger (stn 256) (acc. to Thurston & Allen, 1969, see Bowman & McCain, 1967 who discuss the possibility that type locality being further north) [details]
Depth range 0–5987 m.
Depth range 0–5987 m. [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. Cyphocaris challengeri Stebbing, 1888. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428630 on 2026-08-18
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Cyphocaris challengeri Stebbing, 1888. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428630 on 2026-08-18
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2009-10-30 09:18:16Z
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original description
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 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Hughes, L. E.; Lowry, J. K. (2015). A review of the world Cyphocarididae with description of three new species (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassoidea). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4058(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Bowman T.E. & Mc Cain J.C. (1967). Variation and distribution of the pelagic amphipod. Cyphocaris challengeri in the Northeast Pacific (Gammaridea, Lysianassidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 122, 3588, 1-14. [details]
additional source Hughes, L. E.; Lowry, J. K. (2015). A review of the world Cyphocarididae with description of three new species (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassoidea). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4058(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.1 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Hughes, L. E.; Lowry, J. K. (2015). A review of the world Cyphocarididae with description of three new species (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassoidea). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4058(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Bowman T.E. & Mc Cain J.C. (1967). Variation and distribution of the pelagic amphipod. Cyphocaris challengeri in the Northeast Pacific (Gammaridea, Lysianassidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 122, 3588, 1-14. [details]
additional source Hughes, L. E.; Lowry, J. K. (2015). A review of the world Cyphocarididae with description of three new species (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassoidea). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4058(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.1 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK NHM 1889:5:15:19, geounit North Pacific [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 0–5987 m. [details]Type material Holotype, 1/5 inch (5 mm), 4 slides, NHM 1889:5:15:19, 400 miles north of Sandwich Islands; (probably = north of Hawaiian Islands, North Pacific Ocean, 30°22’0”N 154°56’0”W), 2950 fm (4023 m), red clay, dredge, 21 July 1875, Challenger (stn 256) (acc. to Thurston & Allen, 1969, see Bowman & McCain, 1967 who discuss the possibility that type locality being further north) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | マルネコゼヨコエビ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (50 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyphocaris challengeri)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (59 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyphocaris challengeri)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (59 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
