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

Alicella gigantea Chevreux, 1899

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AlicellaChevreux, 1899accepted genus name

Literature

original description

Chevreux E. (1899b). Sur deux espèces géantes d'amphipodes provenant des campagnes du yacht Princesse Alice. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, 24, 152-158; figs. 1-6;.

additional source

De Broyer C. & Thurston M.H. (1987). New Atlantic material and redescription of the type specimens of the giant abyssal amphipod Alicella gigantea Chevreux (Crustacea). Zoologica Scripta, 16, 4, 335-350.

additional source

Barnard J.L. & Ingram C.L. (1986). The supergiant amphipod Alicella gigantea Chevreux from the North Pacific gyre. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 6, 4, 825-839.

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Lowry, J. (2014). Alicella gigantea Chevreux, 1899. In: Horton, T.; Lowry, J. & De Broyer, C. (2013 onwards) World Amphipoda Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=488208

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2010-07-05 by Jim Lowry

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