Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Amphilochidea > Infraorder Lysianassida > Parvorder Lysianassidira > Superfamily Stegocephaloidea > Family Stegocephalidae > Subfamily Stegocephalinae > Genus Stegocephalus

Stegocephalus similis G.O. Sars, 1891

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stegocephalus*	Krøyer, 1842	accepted genus name
*Phippsiella*	Schellenberg, 1925	synonym
*Stegocephalopsis*	Schellenberg, 1925	synonym

Species group names

*Phippsiella similis*	(G.O. Sars, 1891)	synonym

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1891). Amphipoda. Part IX. Ampeliscidae (concluded), Stegocephalidae. An account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. I: 185-212, pls 65-72. Cammermeyer, Christiana (Oslo).
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.

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. Stegocephalus similis G.O. Sars, 1891. 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:103106