Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Hyperiidea > Infraorder Physocephalata > Superfamily Platysceloidea > Family Brachyscelidae > Genus Brachyscelus

Brachyscelus crusculum Bate, 1861

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Brachyscelus*	Bate, 1861	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Brachyscelus mediterranea*		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	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	Zeidler W. & De Broyer, C. (2009). Catalogue of the Hyperidean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Southern Ocean with distribution and ecological data. In: De Broyer C. (ed.), Census of Antarctic Marine Life, Synopsis of the Amphipoda of the Southern Ocean. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie, 79, suppl. 1: 1-103.
additional source	Check list of Antarctic and Subantarctic Hyperidea.
additional source	Webber, W.R.; Fenwick, G.D.; Bradford-Grieve, J.M.; Eagar S.G.; Buckeridge, J.S.; Poore, G.C.B.; Dawson, E.W.; Watling, L.; Jones, J.B.; Wells, J.B.J.; Bruce, N.L.; Ahyong, S.T.; Larsen, K.; Chapman, M.A.; Olesen, J.; Ho, J.; Green, J.D.; Shiel, R.J.; Rocha, C.E.F.; Lörz, A.; Bird, G.J.; Charleston, W.A. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232.
additional source	LeCroy, S. E., R. Gasca, I. Winfield, M. Ortiz, and E. Escobar-Briones. 2009. Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 941–972 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Amphipod Collection
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Brachyscelus crusculum Bate, 1861. 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:103241