WoRMS taxon details
Melitidae Bousfield, 1973
AphiaID: 101397
AphiaID: 101397
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Amphipoda (Order) > Senticaudata (Suborder) > Hadziida (Infraorder) > Hadziidira (Parvorder) > Hadzioidea (Superfamily) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Hadzioidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
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). vii, 123 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.; White, R. (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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-538-0. 463 pp. [details] 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] [full text] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Abludomelita Karaman, 1981 Genus Allomelita Stock, 1984 Genus Alsacomelita G. Karaman, 1984 Genus Anchialella J.L. Barnard, 1979 Genus Brachina Barnard & Williams, 1995 Genus Caledopisa Stock & Illife, 1995 Genus Carnarimelita Bousfield, 1990 Genus Cottarellia Ruffo, 1994 Genus Desdimelita Jarrett & Bousfield, 1996 Genus Dulichiella Stout, 1912 Genus Fiha Stock, 1988 Genus Galapsiellus J.L. Barnard, 1976 Genus Josephosella Ruffo, 1985 Genus Megamoera Bate, 1862 Genus Melita Leach, 1814 Genus Melitoides Gurjanova, 1934 Genus Nainaloa Karaman & Barnard, 1979 Genus Norcapensis Bradbury & Williams, 1997 Genus Nurina Bradbury & Eberhard, 2000 Genus Parapherusa Stebbing, 1906 Genus Poropisa G. Karaman, 1984 Genus Quasimelita Jarrett & Bousfield, 1996 Genus Rotomelita J.L. Barnard, 1977 Genus Tegano Barnard & Karaman, 1982 Genus Verdeia Lowry & Springthorpe, 2007 Genus Boscia Leach, 1814 accepted as Melita Leach, 1814 Genus Caliniphargus Stout, 1913 accepted as Melita Leach, 1814 Genus Eriopis Wrzesniovsky, 1890 accepted as Eriopisa Stebbing, 1890 Genus Paraniphargus Tattersall, 1925 accepted as Melita Leach, 1814 Genus Protomedia accepted as Protomedeia Krøyer, 1842 Genus Quadrimarea accepted as Quadrimaera Krapp-Schickel & Ruffo, 2000 Genus Quadrus G. Karaman, 1984 accepted as Tegano Barnard & Karaman, 1982 Genus Roropisa G. Karaman, 1984 accepted as Victoriopisa Karaman & Barnard, 1979 Genus Tabatzius Mckinney & Barnard, 1977 accepted as Nuuanu J.L. Barnard, 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Remark: Caledopisa Stock & Iliffe, 1995 is transferred from the Eriopisa group to the Melitidae [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101397 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Horton, T.; De Broyer, C.; Costello, M.; Bellan-Santini, D. (2013). Melitidae. In: Lowry, J. (2013) World Amphipoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101397 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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