Deep-Sea taxon details
Gammaropsis kermadeci (Stebbing, 1888)
723924 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:723924)
accepted
Species
Podoceropsis kermadeci Stebbing, 1888 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Podoceropsis kermadeci Stebbing, 1888) 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): 1109 [details]
page(s): 1109 [details]
Distribution South-Pacific (north of Kerraadec Islands). Depth 1152 m.
Status G. kermadeci was removed by Barnard & Karaman, 1991 to unknown genus. Not in Gammaropsis complex because dactyl of...
Distribution South-Pacific (north of Kerraadec Islands). Depth 1152 m. [details]
Status G. kermadeci was removed by Barnard & Karaman, 1991 to unknown genus. Not in Gammaropsis complex because dactyl of...
Status G. kermadeci was removed by Barnard & Karaman, 1991 to unknown genus. Not in Gammaropsis complex because dactyl of maxilliped stubbier and lined with inner setae, head much more extended anteriorly; eyes absent, plates of maxilliped slightly reduced shape of gnathopod 2 more like Bonnierella; also not in Bonnierella because maxillipedal dactyl short, stubby and setose marginally, inner plate of maxilla 2 with medial setae, pereopods 3-4 with long curled setae on article 6, and gnathopod 1 very small. [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. Gammaropsis kermadeci (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=723924 on 2026-07-23
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Gammaropsis kermadeci (Stebbing, 1888). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723924 on 2026-07-23
original description
(of Podoceropsis kermadeci Stebbing, 1888) 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): 1109 [details]
basis of record Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
page(s): 1109 [details]
basis of record Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution South-Pacific (north of Kerraadec Islands). Depth 1152 m. [details]Status G. kermadeci was removed by Barnard & Karaman, 1991 to unknown genus. Not in Gammaropsis complex because dactyl of maxilliped stubbier and lined with inner setae, head much more extended anteriorly; eyes absent, plates of maxilliped slightly reduced shape of gnathopod 2 more like Bonnierella; also not in Bonnierella because maxillipedal dactyl short, stubby and setose marginally, inner plate of maxilla 2 with medial setae, pereopods 3-4 with long curled setae on article 6, and gnathopod 1 very small. [details]
