This species is currently regarded as cosmopolitan, but there is regional variation and it is likely that there is more than one species currenlty included under this name. See Hughes & Peart, 2013.
Identifiers:
Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.name:6de286a2-6a68-42ec-80ac-210c4c4225cf
Name status: synonym
Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
World Register of Marine Species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:102000
Name status: accepted
Checked on: 2016-05-10
View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS)
(report and map of occurrences)
Record source and Scientific Name verified against:
Hughes, L.E., Peart, R.A., 2013. New species and new records of Ampithoidae (Peracarida: Amphipoda) from Australian waters., Zootaxa, Vol. 3719(1): 1-102.