Aristias Boeck, 1871

Stoddart, H. E. & Lowry, J. K., 2010, The family Aristiidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea) in Australian waters, Zootaxa 2549 (1), pp. 31-53 : 32

Aristias Boeck, 1871

Diagnosis. Maxilliped palp 4-articulate. Telson cleft.

Type species. Anonyx tumidus Krøyer, 1846 , monotypy.

Species composition. The genus now contains 33 species: Aristias adrogans J.L. Barnard, 1964 ; A. antarcticus Walker, 1906 ; A. bicornuta Ortiz, Lalana & Varela, 2007 ; A. captiva Lowry & Stoddart, 1997 ; A. collinus K.H. Barnard, 1932 ; A. commensalis Bonnier, 1896 ; A. coriolis Lowry & Stoddart, 1993 ; A. curtipes Gurjanova, 1962 ; A. eden sp. nov.; A. excavatus Kilgallen, 2010 ; A. expers J.L. Barnard, 1967 ; A. gomoni sp. nov.; A. falcatus Stephensen, 1923 ; A. japonicus Gurjanova, 1962 ; A. madagascarensis Ledoyer, 1972 ; A. megalops Sars, 1895 ; A. microps Sars, 1895 ; A. neglectus Hansen, 1887 ; A. nonspinus Hirayama, 1985 ; A. nowra sp. nov.; A. otway sp. nov.; A. pacificus Schellenberg, 1936 ; A. poorei sp. nov.; A. spinipes Gurjanova, 1962 ; A. stenopodus Ledoyer, 1986 ; A. symbiotica K.H. Barnard, 1916 ; A. thio Lowry & Stoddart, 1994 ; A. topsenti Chevreux, 1900 ; A. tropicus Schellenberg, 1938 ; A. tumidus ( Krøyer, 1846) ; A. uokonia Lowry & Stoddart, 1994 ; A. veleronis Hurley, 1963 ; A. verdensis Lowry & Stoddart, 1993 .

There are possibly several more undescribed species already recorded in the literature, as misidentifications of other species. See for example some records of A. symbiotica and Kilgallen's (2010) assessment of A. antarcticus records.