Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Gammaridea > Superfamily Lysianassoidea > Family Scopelocheiridae > Genus Scopelocheirus

Scopelocheirus hopei (Costa, 1851)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Scopelocheirus*	Bate, 1856	accepted genus name
*Callisoma*	Costa, 1851	later homonym
*Callisoma*	Costa, 1851	synonym

Species group names

*Callisoma crenata*	Bate, 1855	synonym
*Scopelocheirus crenatus*	Bate, 1857	synonym

Literature

original description	Costa A. (1851). Catalogo dei crotacei Italiani e di moltri altri del Mediterraneo per Fr. Gugl. Hope Napoli. , 1-48.
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	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	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Lincoln, R.J. (1979). British marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. British Museum (Natural History): London, UK. ISBN 0-565-00818-8. vi, 658 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Amphipod Collection
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Scopelocheirus hopei (Costa, 1851). 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:102720