Elasmocerus speciosus Costa

Zeidler, Wolfgang, 2003, A review of the hyperiidean amphipod superfamily Vibilioidea Bowman and Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea), Zootaxa 280 (1), pp. 1-104 : 74

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.280.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5019418
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7B1ABE13-AB44-FF9B-FEA6-FA24FC57C156
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Elasmocerus speciosus Costa
status

Treatment

Elasmocerus speciosus Costa in Hope, 1851: 21.

Type material

Type material could not be located in any major Italian museum (see acknowledgments) and is presumed lost. The type locality is given as the Mediterranean Sea, presumably the Gulf of Naples .

Remarks

This species is merely listed without description or figures and is a nomen nudum. It may have been an earlier name for Vibilia speciosa Costa, 1853 .