Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Podocerus umigame Yamato, 1992

HKRMS name details

Podocerus umigame Yamato, 1992

AphiaID

550196 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:550196)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Podocerus chelonophilus (Chevreux & de Guerne, 1888)

Rank

Species

Parent

Podocerus Leach, 1814

Original name

Podocerus umigame Yamato, 1992

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Yamato S. (1992). A New Species of Podocerus (Amphipoda: Podoceridae) from the Carapace of a Loggerhead Sea Turtle in Japan. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 35, 4/5, pp. 281-288;3 figs. [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Podocerus umigame Yamato, 1992. Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=550196 on 2026-01-17

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Podocerus umigame Yamato, 1992. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=550196 on 2026-01-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-12-06 07:51:07Z

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Lowry, Jim

2016-04-05 07:17:48Z

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Hughes, Lauren

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Sources (3)
Links (1)

original description Yamato S. (1992). A New Species of Podocerus (Amphipoda: Podoceridae) from the Carapace of a Loggerhead Sea Turtle in Japan. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 35, 4/5, pp. 281-288;3 figs. [details]

context source (HKRMS) Lowry, J. K. (2000). Taxonomic status of amphipod crustaceans in the South China Sea with a checklist of known species. <em>The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement.</em> 8: 309-342. [details] Available for editors

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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