Paraphronima crassipes Claus 1879

• Main Author: Zeidler, Wolfgang
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Paraphronimidae; Paraphronima; Paraphronima crassipes; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5087253; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5087253

Paraphronima crassipes Claus (Figs 37 & 38) Hyperia pedestris Guérin­Méneville, 1836: pl. 25, fig. 5. Paraphronima crassipes Claus, 1879: 7 (65)–8(66), pl. 1, figs 6–9; pl. 2, fig. 10. Paraphronima clypeata Bovallius, 1885: 11, fig. 2. Paraphronima pectinata Bovallius, 1887a: 13–14. Paraphronima cuivis Stebbing, 1888: 1337–1342, pl. 157. Type material Type material of P. crassipes could not be found at the ZMB or ZMH and is considered lost. However, the description and figures provided by Claus (1879) are sufficient to characterise this species. The type locality is the “Mediterranean”. No specific locality is given by Claus (1879). Type material of synonyms The holotype of Hyperia pedestris is in the ANSP (CA 2698, Guérin­Méneville Coll. No. 432) (see remarks). Four syntypes of P. clypeata are in the ZMUC (CRU 449–452). Although this material is only in fair condition it is clearly conspecific with P. crassipes. Two syntypes of P. pectinata are in the ZMUC (CRU 447 & 448). Both specimens are in good condition and readily identified as P. crassipes. Bovallius (1889) considers it a synonym of P. clypeata. Syntype material of P. cuivis is in the BMNH (89.5.15.200). These specimens represent both P. crassipes and P. gracilis. However, the material described and illustrated by Stebbing (1888) represent P. crassipes. Material examined (> 250 specimens) Types. Holotype of Hyperia pedestris from the coast off Chile: dried specimen in vial — almost destroyed. Four syntypes of P. clypeata from the North Atlantic; one male (CRU 449, 14 mm) captured 39º10’N, 42º10’W, Andrea, 1863; one female (CRU 450, 11.2 mm) captured 30º34’N, 30º50’W, Andrea, 1862; one female (CRU 451, 14 mm) captured 36º06’N, 39º 28’W, “Warming”, 1866; one female (CRU 452, 10.4 mm) captured 26ºN, 26ºW, “Iversen”, 1871: all in spirit. Two syntypes of P. pectinata from the North Atlantic; one female (CRU 451, 14 mm) captured 36º06’N, 39º28’W, “Warming”, 1866; one female (CRU 452, 10.4 mm) captured 26ºN, 26ºW, “Iversen”, 1871: in spirit, the ...