Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Hyperiidea > Infraorder Physocephalata > Parvorder Physocephalatidira > Superfamily Platysceloidea > Family Platyscelidae

Platyscelus Spence Bate, 1861

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Typhis*	Risso, 1816	junior homonym
*Eutyphis*	Claus, 1879	synonym

Children

Platyscelus ovoides (Risso, 1816)
Platyscelus serratulus Stebbing, 1888

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: テングウミノミ属

Literature

original description	Bate, C. S. (1861). On the morphology of some Amphipoda of the division Hyperina. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 3. 8(43): 1-16, pl. 1.
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	Ruffo, S. (2006). Crustacea Malacostraca Amphipoda. in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana.
identification resource	Zeidler, W. (2016). A review of the families and genera of the superfamily Platysceloidea Bowman & Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea), together with keys to the families, genera and species. Zootaxa. 4192(1): 1.

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. Platyscelus Spence Bate, 1861. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101807