Dactylopleustes obsolescens Hirayama, 1988
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
- Dactylopleustes obsolescens Hirayama, 1988
- Name authority
- Hirayama, 1988
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Amphipoda
- Family
- Pleustidae
- Genus
- Dactylopleustes
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumCrustacea
- classMalacostraca
- orderAmphipoda Latreille, 1816
- suborderAmphilochidea Lowry & Myers, 2017
- infraorderAmphilochida Lowry & Myers, 2017
- parvorderAmphilochidira Lowry & Myers, 2017
- superfamilyAmphilochoidea Boeck, 1871
- familyPleustidae Buchholz, 1874
- subfamilyDactylopleustinae Bousfield & Hendrycks, 1994
- genusDactylopleustes Karaman & Barnard, 1979
- speciesDactylopleustes obsolescens Hirayama, 1988
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dactylopleustes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Dactylopleustes yoshimurai Tomikawa, Hendrycks & Mawatari, 2004 | PleustidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- Hirayama, A. (1988). Taxonomic Studies on the Shallow Water Gammaridean Amphipoda of West Kyushu, Japan. VIII. Pleustidae, Podoceridae, Priscomilitaridae, Stenothoidae, Synopiidae, and Urothoidae. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 33. https://doi.org/10.5134/176149 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:33WCB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.