RAS taxon details
Lepechinellidae Schellenberg, 1926
101392 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101392)
accepted
Family
Lepechinellinae Schellenberg, 1926 · unaccepted (Moved to family Lepechinellidae...)
Moved to family Lepechinellidae by Andres & Brandt (2001)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Schellenberg, A. (1926). Die Gammariden der Deutschen Sudpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. <em>Deutsche Sudpolar-Expedition 1901-1903.</em> 18(10): 235-414. [details] Available for editors 
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. (2026). World Amphipoda Database. Lepechinellidae Schellenberg, 1926. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2026) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101392 on 2026-09-12
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Lepechinellidae Schellenberg, 1926. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101392 on 2026-09-12
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Schellenberg, A. (1926). Die Gammariden der Deutschen Sudpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. <em>Deutsche Sudpolar-Expedition 1901-1903.</em> 18(10): 235-414. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Lepechinellinae Schellenberg, 1926) Schellenberg, A. (1926). Amphipoda 3: Die Gammariden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899.</em> 23(5): 195-243; 28 figs.; 1 pl. [details] Available for editors
additional source De Broyer, C.; Lowry, J.K.; Jazdzewski, K. & Robert, H. (2007). Catalogue of the Gammaridean and Corophiidean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Southern Ocean, with distribution and ecological data. In: De Broyer C. (ed.). Census of Antarctic Marine Life: Synopsis of the Amphipoda of the Southern Ocean. Vol. I. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Biologie.</em> 77, suppl. 1: 1-325. [details]
status source Andres H.G. & Brandt A. (2001). Lepechinellid genera Paralepechinella Pirlot, 1933 and Lepechinelloides Thurston, 1980: first records from Antarctica (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg, 98, pp. 77-97;11 figs. [details] Available for editors
status source Thurston, M. H.; Horton, T. (2019). Lepechinellidae, a valid amphipod family name (Crustacea, Amphipoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4706(4): 598-599., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4706.4.10
note: Validates the family name [details] Available for editors
identification resource Horton T., Lörz A.-N. (2026). A new genus and species of the family Lepechinellidae Schellenberg, 1926 (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, Central Pacific Ocean. In: Jażdżewska AM (Ed.) New deep-sea Amphipoda from Clarion-Clipperton Zone. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1274: 185–199., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1274.140632
note: Key to genera of Lepechinellidae [details] Available for editors
identification resource Johansen, P.-O.; Vader, W. (2015). New and little known species of Lepechinella (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lepechinellidae) and an allied new genus Lepesubchela from the North Atlantic. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (127): 1–35., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2015.127 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Lepechinellinae Schellenberg, 1926) Schellenberg, A. (1926). Amphipoda 3: Die Gammariden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899.</em> 23(5): 195-243; 28 figs.; 1 pl. [details] Available for editors
additional source De Broyer, C.; Lowry, J.K.; Jazdzewski, K. & Robert, H. (2007). Catalogue of the Gammaridean and Corophiidean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Southern Ocean, with distribution and ecological data. In: De Broyer C. (ed.). Census of Antarctic Marine Life: Synopsis of the Amphipoda of the Southern Ocean. Vol. I. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Biologie.</em> 77, suppl. 1: 1-325. [details]
status source Andres H.G. & Brandt A. (2001). Lepechinellid genera Paralepechinella Pirlot, 1933 and Lepechinelloides Thurston, 1980: first records from Antarctica (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg, 98, pp. 77-97;11 figs. [details] Available for editors
status source Thurston, M. H.; Horton, T. (2019). Lepechinellidae, a valid amphipod family name (Crustacea, Amphipoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4706(4): 598-599., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4706.4.10
note: Validates the family name [details] Available for editors
identification resource Horton T., Lörz A.-N. (2026). A new genus and species of the family Lepechinellidae Schellenberg, 1926 (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, Central Pacific Ocean. In: Jażdżewska AM (Ed.) New deep-sea Amphipoda from Clarion-Clipperton Zone. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1274: 185–199., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1274.140632
note: Key to genera of Lepechinellidae [details] Available for editors
identification resource Johansen, P.-O.; Vader, W. (2015). New and little known species of Lepechinella (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lepechinellidae) and an allied new genus Lepesubchela from the North Atlantic. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (127): 1–35., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2015.127 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
