WoRMS taxon details

Bathyporeia elegans Watkin, 1938

103058  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103058)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Peracarida (Superorder)
  9. Amphipoda (Order)
  10. Senticaudata (Suborder)
  11. Gammarida (Infraorder)
  12. Gammaridira (Parvorder)
  13. Gammaroidea (Superfamily)
  14. Bathyporeiidae (Family)
  15. Bathyporeia (Genus)
  16. Bathyporeia elegans (Species)
accepted
Species
marine
Watkin E.E. (1938). A revision on the amphipod genus Bathyporeia Lindström. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 23, 1, 211-236., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400054096
page(s): 222 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Description Amphipod with laterally flattened body, rather slender and elongate. Up to 6 mm long. Head without
rostrum but with...  
Description Amphipod with laterally flattened body, rather slender and elongate. Up to 6 mm long. Head without
rostrum but with clearly discernible eyes. The upper antennae seem to be standing on an outgrowth
of the head. Usually not pigmented. [details]

Distribution In the 1976-1986 period Bathyporeia elegans was only observed near the western coastal zone, the Flemish and the Zeeland...  
Distribution In the 1976-1986 period Bathyporeia elegans was only observed near the western coastal zone, the Flemish and the Zeeland Banks. In this period the species reaches a maximum density of 90 ind./m2. The distribution pattern is extended in the 1994-2001 period with different observations in the area of the Hinder Banks. Maximum densities amounted to 2,500 ind./m2. [details]

Distribution B. elegans is one of the most common macrobenthic species on the Dutch Continental Shelf and the most abundant species of...  
Distribution B. elegans is one of the most common macrobenthic species on the Dutch Continental Shelf and the most abundant species of the genus Bathyporeia. It is not present in the deeper
central Oyster Ground and the Wadden Sea. [details]
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. (2024). World Amphipoda Database. Bathyporeia elegans Watkin, 1938. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103058 on 2024-11-27
Date
action
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bellan-Santini, Denise
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
checked
Costello, Mark J.

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original description Watkin E.E. (1938). A revision on the amphipod genus Bathyporeia Lindström. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 23, 1, 211-236., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400054096
page(s): 222 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Bathyporeia pseudopelagica Bellan-Santini & Vader, 1988) Bellan-Santini, D.; Vader, W. (1988). Nouvelles espèces de <i>Bathyporeia</i> en Méditerranée (Crustacea, Amphipoda). <em>Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona.</em> 14: 229-240. [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 38), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details] 

context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Macrobenthos monitoring in function of the Water Framework Directive in the period 2007-2009. [details] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

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). <em>Cah. Biol. Mar.</em> 44(2): 121-151. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 

status source d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. & Vader, W. (2004). Case 3311: Bathyporeia elegans Watkin, 1938 (Crustacea, Amphipoda): proposed conservation. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 61(3): 1-3, September 2004.</em> [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

status source ICZN. (2006). OPINION 2136 (Case 3311): Bathyporeia elegans Watkin, 1938 (Crustacea, Amphipoda): specific name conserved. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 63(1), 59-60, March 2006. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Description Amphipod with laterally flattened body, rather slender and elongate. Up to 6 mm long. Head without
rostrum but with clearly discernible eyes. The upper antennae seem to be standing on an outgrowth
of the head. Usually not pigmented. [details]

Unreviewed
Biology Bathyporeia spp. show two types of movement, swimming and burrowing, that may follow each other up in rapid succession. Often they seem to burrow with the dorsal side upwards. This may be associated with the breeding cycle. In deeper waters the spring rise in temperature initiates breeding, while in shallower waters it is induced by tidal phasing. Ovigerous females of B. elegans are found mainly from May to August (Watkin, 1939a, 1939b; Nicolaisen & Kanneworff, 1969; Finchham, 1971).


Bathyporeia shows a typical feeding position lying upside down in a small cavity in the sand, and may be considered a selective deposit feeder. It feeds by cleaning sand grains from adhering micro-organisms and detritus (Nicolaisen & Kanneworff, 1969). [details]


Distribution In the 1976-1986 period Bathyporeia elegans was only observed near the western coastal zone, the Flemish and the Zeeland Banks. In this period the species reaches a maximum density of 90 ind./m2. The distribution pattern is extended in the 1994-2001 period with different observations in the area of the Hinder Banks. Maximum densities amounted to 2,500 ind./m2. [details]

Distribution B. elegans is one of the most common macrobenthic species on the Dutch Continental Shelf and the most abundant species of the genus Bathyporeia. It is not present in the deeper
central Oyster Ground and the Wadden Sea. [details]

Habitat Bathyporeia elegans is mainly found in medium to coarse-grained sediments (median grain size > 150 μm) with a low mud content (chiefly < 20%). The optimal sediment type has a median grain size of 200 to 350 μm (relative occurrence: > 30%) and a mud content of maximum 10% (relative occurrence: > 20%). [details]

Habitat B. elegans species prefers fine sand with a low content of mud. [details]

Morphology B. elegans has a length of up to 6 mm. Its body is laterally compressed, rather slender and elongate. The head has no rostrum and the eyes are distinct. The body is devoid of pigment. The telson is completely split (Lincoln, 1979; Hayward & Ryland, 1990). Species of the genus Bathyporeia are remarkably similar in general rnorphology. They mostly differ in the number or size of little spines that are present at the plates covering their bodies. [details]
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English sand digger shrimp  [details]
BIOTIC 
Marine Life Information Network - UK 
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) 
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To PESI (from synonym Bathyporeia pseudopelagica Bellan-Santini & Vader, 1988)
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