Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Gammaridea > Family Epimeriidae > Genus Epimeria

Epimeria cornigera (Fabricius, 1779)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Epimeria*	Costa, 1851	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Acanthonotus owenii*	Bate & Westwood, 1863	synonym
*Acanthonotus testudo*	Bate, 1962	synonym

Literature

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	Griffiths C.L. (1974c). The Amphipoda of Southern Africa. 4.The Gammaridea and Caprellidea of the Cape Province East of Cape Agulhas Annals of the South African Museum, 65: 251-336.
additional source	Bachelet, G.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Sorbe, J.C. (2003). An updated checklist of marine and brackish water Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the southern Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic). Cah. Biol. Mar. 44(2): 121-151
additional source	Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.; White, R. (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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-538-0. 463 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Amphipod Collection
GBIF

Citation

Lowry, J. (2014). Epimeria cornigera (Fabricius, 1779). In: Horton, T.; Lowry, J. & De Broyer, C. (2013 onwards) World Amphipoda Database. 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:102145