Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Amphilochidea > Infraorder Amphilochida > Parvorder Oedicerotidira > Superfamily Oedicerotoidea > Family Oedicerotidae > Genus Westwoodilla

Westwoodilla caecula (Spence Bate, 1857)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Westwoodilla*	Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862	accepted genus name
*Westwoodia*	Spence Bate, 1857	junior homonym
*Halimedon*	Boeck, 1871	synonym

Species group names

*Halimedon acutifrons*	G.O. Sars, 1892	synonym
*Halimedon parvimanus*	(Spence Bate & Westwood, 1863) sensu Norman, 1889	synonym
*Westwoodia caecula*	Spence Bate, 1857	synonym
*Westwoodilla acutifrons*	(G.O. Sars, 1892)	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	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
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	Lincoln, R. J. (1979). British marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. British Museum (Natural History). 658 pp.

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. Westwoodilla caecula (Spence Bate, 1857). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=102932