WoRMS taxon details
original description
Myers, A. A.; Ashelby, C. W. (2022). A revision of the genus Pontocrates Boeck, 1871 (Amphipoda, Oedicerotidae) with the description of P. moorei sp. nov. and the re-establishment of P. norvegicus (Boeck, 1860). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5115(4): 582-598., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5115.4.8 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype NMINH MNINH 2021.16.1, geounit Isle of Wight [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Currently only known with certainty from Britain and Ireland. Present on all British coasts, extending from the Orkney Isles in the north to the English Channel in the south. Also present in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Found from the mid-shore level to depths of 35 m in offshore areas. Substrates have included, muddy, fine, coarse and gravelly sand and gravel. [details]
Etymology Named for P.G. Moore, who recorded this species (as P. arcticus) for the first time in the British Isles. [details]
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