Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Tanaidacea > Suborder Tanaidomorpha > Superfamily Paratanaoidea > Family Akanthophoreidae > Genus Akanthophoreus

Akanthophoreus gracilis (Krøyer, 1842)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Akanthophoreus*	Sieg, 1986	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Leptognathia gracilis*	(Kröyer, 1842)	synonym
*Leptognathia hanseni*	Vanhöffen, 1907	synonym
*Leptognathia sarsi*	Hansen, 1909	synonym

Literature

original description	Krøyer, H. 1842a. Nye Arter af Slaegten Tanais.-- Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Series 1, 4: 167-188 (Plate II).
basis of record	Bird, G.J. 2001b. 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.
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Shrimp Collection
GBIF

Citation

Anderson, G.; Blazewicz-Paszkowycz, M. (2014). Akanthophoreus gracilis (Krøyer, 1842). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136340