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Amphipoda taxon details

Melitidae Bousfield, 1973

101397  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101397)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Peracarida (Superorder)
  9. Amphipoda (Order)
  10. Senticaudata (Suborder)
  11. Hadziida (Infraorder)
  12. Hadziidira (Parvorder)
  13. Hadzioidea (Superfamily)
  14. Melitidae (Family)
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  1. Genus Abludomelita Karaman, 1981
  2. Genus Allomelita Stock, 1984
  3. Genus Alsacomelita G. Karaman, 1984 †
  4. Genus Anchialella J.L. Barnard, 1979
  5. Genus Armatomelita Labay, 2013
  6. Genus Barnardomelita Labay, 2016
  7. Genus Brachina Barnard & Williams, 1995
  8. Genus Carnarimelita Bousfield, 1990
  9. Genus Cottarellia Ruffo, 1994
  10. Genus Cuneimelita Senna & Serejo, 2012
  11. Genus Dentimelita Paz‐Ríos & Pech, 2022
  12. Genus Desdimelita Jarrett & Bousfield, 1996
  13. Genus Dulichiella Stout, 1912
  14. Genus Exitomelita Tandberg, Rapp, Schander, Vader, Sweetman & Berge, 2012
  15. Genus Fiha Stock, 1988
  16. Genus Galapsiellus J.L. Barnard, 1976
  17. Genus Josephosella Ruffo, 1985
  18. Genus Ledoyeromelita Labay, 2016
  19. Genus Liuomelita Yanrong, Zhu, Sha & Ren, 2021
  20. Genus Megamoera Spence Bate, 1863
  21. Genus Melita Leach, 1814
  22. Genus Melitoides Gurjanova, 1934
  23. Genus Nainaloa Karaman & Barnard, 1979
  24. Genus Norcapensis Bradbury & Williams, 1997
  25. Genus Nurina Bradbury & Eberhard, 2000
  26. Genus Paraniphargus Tattersall, 1925
  27. Genus Parapherusa Stebbing, 1906
  28. Genus Quasimelita Jarrett & Bousfield, 1996
  29. Genus Rotomelita J.L. Barnard, 1977
  30. Genus Tegano Barnard & Karaman, 1982
  31. Genus Verdeia Lowry & Springthorpe, 2007
  32. Genus Boscia Leach, 1814 accepted as Melita Leach, 1814 (nomen nudum)
  33. Genus Caledopisa Stock & Iliffe, 1995 accepted as Tegano Barnard & Karaman, 1982 (synonym)
  34. Genus Caliniphargus Stout, 1913 accepted as Melita Leach, 1814
  35. Genus Eriopis Wrzesniovsky, 1890 accepted as Eriopisa Stebbing, 1890 (spelling variation)
  36. Genus Harmomia Haswell, 1879 accepted as Parapherusa Stebbing, 1906 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  37. Genus Quadrus G. Karaman, 1984 accepted as Tegano Barnard & Karaman, 1982 (Junior homonym, Lepidoptera)
  38. Genus Roropisa G. Karaman, 1984 accepted as Victoriopisa Karaman & Barnard, 1979
  39. Genus Sriha Stock, 1988 accepted as Tegano Barnard & Karaman, 1982 (synonym)
  40. Genus Tabatzius Mckinney & Barnard, 1977 accepted as Nuuanu J.L. Barnard, 1970
marine, brackish, fresh
Not documented
Distribution Cosmopolitan.  
Distribution Cosmopolitan. [details]
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2024). World Amphipoda Database. Melitidae Bousfield, 1973. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/amphipoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101397 on 2025-04-06
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bellan-Santini, Denise
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
checked
Costello, Mark J.
2005-05-02 07:36:34Z
changed
Cuvelier, Daphne
2007-01-29 08:28:04Z
changed
De Broyer, Claude
2007-02-08 07:55:58Z
changed
De Broyer, Claude
2013-02-18 14:21:54Z
changed
Horton, Tammy
2013-11-26 08:42:34Z
changed
Krapp-Schickel, Traudl

basis of record Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source De Broyer, C.; Lowry, J.K.; Jazdzewski, K. & Robert, H. (2007). Catalogue of the Gammaridean and Corophiidean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Southern Ocean, with distribution and ecological data. In: De Broyer C. (ed.). Census of Antarctic Marine Life: Synopsis of the Amphipoda of the Southern Ocean. Vol. I. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Biologie. 77, suppl. 1: 1-325. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Lowry, J. K.; Myers, A. A. (2013). A Phylogeny and Classification of the Senticaudata subord. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Zootaxa. 3610(1): 1-80., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03610p080.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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Distribution Cosmopolitan. [details]

Remark Caledopisa Stock & Iliffe, 1995 is transferred from the Eriopisa group to the Melitidae [details]
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