taxonID	type	description	language	source
835687CCFFAAC103FF29A98AFB9BF967.taxon	materials_examined	Type species. Euscelus robustus Claus, 1879, by monotypy and original designation. Included species. Eusceliotes includes one species E. robustus (Claus, 1879).	en	Zeidler, Wolfgang (2017): Validation of the replacement name Eusceliotes Stebbing, 1888 for the pelagic hyperiidean amphipod genus Euscelus Claus, 1879 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea: Parascelidae), preoccupied by Euscelus Schoenherr, 1833 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Attelabidae). Zootaxa 4254 (3): 377-378, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4254.3.6
835687CCFFAAC102FF29AAEFFBB2FE95.taxon	description	Types. Type material could not be found at the Museum für Naturkunde, Humbolt-Universität, Berlin or at the Zoologischen Museum, Hamburg, Germany and is considered lost. However, it is a very distinctive species readily characterized by the description and figures provided by Claus (1879, 1887).	en	Zeidler, Wolfgang (2017): Validation of the replacement name Eusceliotes Stebbing, 1888 for the pelagic hyperiidean amphipod genus Euscelus Claus, 1879 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea: Parascelidae), preoccupied by Euscelus Schoenherr, 1833 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Attelabidae). Zootaxa 4254 (3): 377-378, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4254.3.6
835687CCFFAAC102FF29AAEFFBB2FE95.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. Near Zanzibar, tropical south-western Indian Ocean. Habitat. Marine, pelagic. Reliably known from trawls with 50 – 1500 mw (meters of wire out). Associations. There are no records of associations with gelatinous plankton which are often hosts for hyperiidean amphipods.	en	Zeidler, Wolfgang (2017): Validation of the replacement name Eusceliotes Stebbing, 1888 for the pelagic hyperiidean amphipod genus Euscelus Claus, 1879 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea: Parascelidae), preoccupied by Euscelus Schoenherr, 1833 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Attelabidae). Zootaxa 4254 (3): 377-378, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4254.3.6
835687CCFFAAC102FF29AAEFFBB2FE95.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Indian Ocean: off Zanzibar (Claus 1879). Atlantic Ocean: near the Azores (Spandl 1927); off southwestern Africa (08 ° 26 ’ N 15 ° 11 ’ W), 600 mw, (Zeidler 2016). Pacific Ocean: just north-east of the Galapogos Islands (02 ° 52 ’ N 87 ° 38 ’ W), 50 & 300 mw (Zeidler 2016); just north-west of the Kermadec Islands (27 ° 00 ’ S 177 ° 41 ’ W), 1500 mw (Zeidler 2016). South China Sea: (07 ° 13.5 ’ N 111 ° 49 ’ E), 1000 mw (Zeidler 2016).	en	Zeidler, Wolfgang (2017): Validation of the replacement name Eusceliotes Stebbing, 1888 for the pelagic hyperiidean amphipod genus Euscelus Claus, 1879 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea: Parascelidae), preoccupied by Euscelus Schoenherr, 1833 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Attelabidae). Zootaxa 4254 (3): 377-378, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4254.3.6
