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Cymadusa filosa Savigny, 1816

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Cymadusa filosa Savigny, 1816
Name authority
Savigny, 1816
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Amphipoda
Family
Ampithoidae
Genus
Cymadusa
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumCrustacea
  5. classMalacostraca
  6. orderAmphipoda Latreille, 1816
  7. suborderSenticaudata Lowry & Myers, 2013
  8. infraorderCorophiida Lowry & Myers, 2013
  9. parvorderCorophiidira Lowry & Myers, 2013
  10. superfamilyCorophioidea Leach, 1814
  11. familyAmpithoidae Boeck, 1871
  12. genusCymadusa Savigny, 1816
  13. speciesCymadusa filosa Savigny, 1816

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Cymadusa. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Cymadusa alyxis Hughes & Lowry, 2009AmpithoidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cymadusa botulus Hughes & Peart, 2013AmpithoidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cymadusa chalongana Peart, 2002AmpithoidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cymadusa chuawe Peart, 2007AmpithoidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cymadusa compta (S.I. Smith in Verrill & Smith, 1874)AmpithoidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cymadusa crassicornis (A. Costa, 1853)AmpithoidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cymadusa drummondae Hughes & Peart, 2013AmpithoidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cymadusa euclidius Hughes & Peart, 2013AmpithoidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cymadusa grossimana Ledoyer, 1984AmpithoidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cymadusa hallex Hughes & Peart, 2013AmpithoidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cymadusa hawaiensis (Schellenberg, 1938)AmpithoidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cymadusa lituus Peart & Hughes, 2014AmpithoidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 33 records assigned to Ampithoidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Cymadusa coei (Kunkel, 1910) (Kunkel, 1910)synonym
Ampithoe filosa (Savigny, 1816) (Savigny, 1816)synonym
Amphitoe filosa synonym
Grubia coei Kunkel, 1910 Kunkel, 1910synonym
Grubia hirsuta Chevreux, 1900 Chevreux, 1900synonym
Cymadusa australis (K.H. Barnard, 1916) (K.H. Barnard, 1916)synonym
Cymadusa hirsuta (Chevreux, 1900) (Chevreux, 1900)synonym
Cymadusa sardenta (Oliveira, 1953) (Oliveira, 1953)synonym
Grubia filosa (Savigny, 1816) (Savigny, 1816)synonym
Grubia australis K.H. Barnard, 1916 K.H. Barnard, 1916synonym
Grubia sardenta Oliveira, 1953 Oliveira, 1953synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Savigny, J. C. (1816). Mémoires sur les Animaux sans Vertèbres. Vol. 1(1): v+240 pp., pls. I–XXIV. Paris: Chez Deterville. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:335PS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.