Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Senticaudata > Infraorder Corophiida > Parvorder Caprellidira > Superfamily Photoidea > Family Ischyroceridae > Subfamily Ischyrocerinae > Tribe Ericthonini

Ericthonius H. Milne Edwards, 1830

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ericthonius (Pyctilus)*	Dana, 1852	synonym

Children

Ericthonius argenteus Krapp-Schickel, 1993
Ericthonius brasiliensis (Dana, 1853)
Ericthonius difformis H. Milne Edwards, 1830
Ericthonius fasciatus (Stimpson, 1853)
Ericthonius megalops (Sars G.O., 1879)
Ericthonius punctatus (Spence Bate, 1857)
Ericthonius rubricornis (Stimpson, 1853)
Ericthonius stephenseni Myers & McGrath, 1984

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ホソヨコエビ属

Literature

original description	Milne Edwards, H. (1830). Extrait de recherches pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des crustacés amphipodes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 20, 353-399; pl. 10-11.
basis of record	Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308.
additional source	Lincoln, R. J. (1979). British marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. British Museum (Natural History). 658 pp.
additional source	Myers A.A. & Mc Grath D. (1984). A revision of the North-East Atlantic species of Ericthonius (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 64, 2, pp. 379-400;14 figs.
identification resource	Myers A.A. & Mc Grath D. (1984). A revision of the North-East Atlantic species of Ericthonius (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 64, 2, pp. 379-400;14 figs.
identification resource	Gouillieux, B.; Ariyama, H.; Costa, A. C.; Daffe, G.; Marchini, A.; Micael, J.; Ulman, A. (2020). New records of Ericthonius didymus Krapp-Schickel, 2013 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Ischyroceridae) in European waters with a focus in Arcachon Bay, France and key to Ericthonius species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 100(3): 401-412.

Genbank

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. Ericthonius H. Milne Edwards, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101567