MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Akanthophoreus Sieg, 1986

WoRMS taxon details

Akanthophoreus Sieg, 1986

AphiaID

136205 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136205)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Tanais gracilis Krøyer, 1842 accepted as Leptognathia gracilis (Krøyer, 1842) accepted as Akanthophoreus gracilis (Krøyer, 1842) (type by original designation)

Typetaxon of

Akanthophoreinae Sieg, 1986

Parent

Akanthophoreidae Sieg, 1986

Synonymised names

Scoloura Sieg & Dojiri, 1991 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Akanthophoreus bicentennialis Bamber, 2014
Species Akanthophoreus gracilis (Krøyer, 1842)
Species Akanthophoreus lispopygmos Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, Bamber & Jóźwiak, 2013
Species Akanthophoreus phillipsi (Sieg & Dojiri, 1991)
Species Akanthophoreus undulatus Bird, 2007
Species Akanthophoreus antarcticus (Vanhöffen, 1914) accepted as Parakanthophoreus antarcticus (Vanhöffen, 1914)
Species Akanthophoreus australis (Beddard, 1886) accepted as Parakanthophoreus antarcticus (Vanhöffen, 1914)
Species Akanthophoreus crassicauda Bird, 2007 accepted as Parakanthophoreus crassicaudus (Bird, 2007) (synonym)
Species Akanthophoreus imputatus Bird, 2007 accepted as Parakanthophoreus imputatus (Bird, 2007)
Species Akanthophoreus inermis (Hansen, 1913) accepted as Parakanthophoreus inermis (Hansen, 1913)
Species Akanthophoreus longiremis (Lilljeborg, 1864) accepted as Parakanthophoreus longiremis (Lilljeborg, 1864)
Species Akanthophoreus multiserratus (Hansen, 1913) accepted as Parakanthophoreus multiserratus (Hansen, 1913)
Species Akanthophoreus nanopsenos Bamber & Bird, 2009 accepted as Pseudakanthophoreus nanopsenos (Bamber & Bird, 2009)
Species Akanthophoreus verutus Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, Bamber & Jóźwiak, 2013 accepted as Parakanthophoreus verutus (Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, Bamber & Jóźwiak, 2013)
Species Akanthophoreus vikingra Blazewicz-Paszkowycz & Bamber, 2011 accepted as Parakanthophoreus vikingra (Błażewicz-Paszkowycz & Bamber, 2011)
Species Akanthophoreus weddellensis Sieg, 1986 accepted as Parakanthophoreus weddellensis (Sieg, 1986)

Environment

marine

Original description

Sieg, J. (1986). Tanaidacea (Crustacea) von der Antarktis und Subantarktis. II. Tanaidacea gesammelt von Dr. J.W. Wägele während der Deutschen Antarktis Expedition 1983. Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Museum der Universität Kiel. 2 (4): 1-80. [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Akanthophoreus was made a junior synonym of Paraleptognathia by Guerrero-Kommritz, 2004, but some of the species...

Taxonomic remark Akanthophoreus was made a junior synonym of Paraleptognathia by Guerrero-Kommritz, 2004, but some of the species transferred were subsequently returned to Akanthophoreus [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Akanthophoreus Sieg, 1986. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136205 on 2025-04-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Bird, Graham

2006-09-04 10:51:58Z

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Martinez, Olga

2010-01-26 10:02:49Z

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Anderson, Gary

2012-06-05 08:59:41Z

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Blazewicz, Magdalena

2014-10-26 11:07:16Z

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Anderson, Gary

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Nomenclature

original description Sieg, J. (1986). Tanaidacea (Crustacea) von der Antarktis und Subantarktis. II. Tanaidacea gesammelt von Dr. J.W. Wägele während der Deutschen Antarktis Expedition 1983. Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Museum der Universität Kiel. 2 (4): 1-80. [details]

original description (of Scoloura Sieg & Dojiri, 1991) Sieg, J., & Dojiri, M. (1991). Two new species and a new genus of the suborder Tanaidomorpha (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) from Californian waters. Journal of Natural History. 25: 1493-1512. [details]

basis of record Bird, G.J. (2001). Tanaidacea. In: Costello, M.J., C.S. Emblow, & R. White (eds.), European Register of Marine Species. A Check-List of the Marine Species in Europe and a Bibliography of Guides to Their Identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 310-315. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Guerrero-Kommritz, J. (2004). A revision of the genus Paraleptognathia Kudinova-Pasternak, 1981 (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) and description of four new specie. Zootaxa. 481: 1-63. [details] Available for editors

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taxonomy source Bamber, R.N., Bird, G., Blazewicz-Paszkowycz, M., & Galil, B. (2009). Tanaidaceans (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida) from soft-sediment habitats off Israel, Eastern Mediterranean. Zootaxa. 2109: 1-44. [details]

taxonomy source Blazewicz-Paszkowycz, M., & Bamber, R.N. (2011). Tanaidomorph Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from mudvolcano and seep sites on the Norwegian Margin. Zootaxa. 3061: 1–35. [details]

taxonomy source Larsen, K., & Wilson, G.D.F. (2002). Tanaidacean phylogeny, the first step: the superfamily Paratanaidoidea. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 40 (4): 205-222. [details]

Other

additional source Anderson, G. (2016). Tanaidacea-- Thirty Years of Scholarship. (Vers. 2.0, Dec., 2016)., available online at http://aquila.usm.edu/tanaids30/3 [details]