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Thurstonellidae Lowry & Zeidler, 2008, nom. nov.

  • 1. Crustacea Section, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, New South Wales, 2010, Australia.
  • 2. Marine Invertebrates Section, South Australian Museum, North Terrace Adelaide, South Australia 5000.

Description

Thurstonellidae nom. nov.

Clarenciidae Barnard & Karaman, 1987: 859. — Zeidler 1994: 221.

Type Genus. Thurstonella (replacement name for Clarencia K.H. Barnard, 1931, junior homonym of Clarencia Sloane, 1917).

Included taxa. Thurstonellidae includes one genus: Thurstonella nom. nov.

Notes

Published as part of Lowry, Jim & Zeidler, Wolfgang, 2008, Thurstonella, replacement name for the Antarctic amphipod genus Clarencia K. H. Barnard, 1931 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Thurstonellidae), preoccupied by Clarencia Sloane, 1917 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae), pp. 67-68 in Zootaxa 1840 on page 67

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Biodiversity

Family
Thurstonellidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Amphipoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Lowry & Zeidler
Taxonomic status
nom. nov.
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Thurstonellidae Lowry & Zeidler, 2008

References

  • Barnard, J. L. & Karaman, G. S. (1987) Revisions in classification of gammaridean Amphipoda (Crustacea), Part 3. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 100, 856 - 875.
  • Zeidler, W. (1994) New information and locality records for the Antarctic amphipod Clarencia chelata K. H. Barnard, 1931, and a reappraisal of the family Clarenciidae J. L. Barnard & Karaman, 1987 (Amphipoda, Gammaridea). Crustaceana, 66, 219 - 226.
  • Barnard, K. H. (1931) Diagnosis of new genera and species of amphipod Crustacea collected during the ' Discovery' investigations, 1925 - 1927. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 10, 7, 425 - 430.
  • Sloane, T. G. (1917) Carabidae from tropical Australia. (New genera and species, notes and synonymy, and synoptic tables. Tribes Scaritini, Harpalini, Odacanthini, Lebiini, and Helluonini). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 42, 406 - 438.