Apohyale

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Apohyale
Apohyale prevostii male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Hyalidae
Subfamily: Hyalinae
Genus: Apohyale
Bousfield & Hendrycks (2002)
Type species
Apohyale pugettensis
Dana (1853)

Apohyale is a genus of amphipods in the family Hyalidae, first described by E.L. Bousfield and E.A. Hendrycks in 2002, The type species by original designation is Allorchestes pugettensis Dana, 1853, currently (2023) accepted as Apohyale pugettensis (Dana, 1853).[1][2]

Distribution

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Widespread in polar and temperate rocky coasts of the north and south Pacific. Habitat is intertidal and includes brackish and hypersaline ponds. Some species that live high in the intertidal zone are highly tolerant of a wide temperature and salinity range.[2]: 106 

Species

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The species recognised as of October 2023 are:[1]

Etymology

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From the Greek apo (advanced) and Hyale, the root name for the family.[2]: 106 

References

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  1. ^ a b Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copila?-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.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2023). World Amphipoda Database. Apohyale Bousfield & Hendrycks, 2002. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236507 on 2023-10-27
  2. ^ a b c Bousfield, E. L.; Hendrycks, E. A. (2002). The talitroidean amphipod family Hyalidae revised, with emphasis on the North Pacific fauna: systematics and distributional ecology. Amphipacifica. 3(3): 17-134.

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