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

Urothoe poseidonis Reibish, 1905

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Urothoe*	Dana, 1852	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Urothoe grimaldii inermis*	Stebbing, 1906	synonym
*Urothoe inermis*	Chevreux & Fage, 1925	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: bulldozerkreeftje

Literature

original description	Reibisch, J. Faunistisch-biologische Untersuchungen über Amphipoden der Noordsee. Wiss. Meeresuntersuch. Abth. Kiel viii, pp. 147-188, pls. iv & v.
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

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Urothoe poseidonis Reibish, 1905. 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:103235