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Abludomelita Karaman, 1981

AphiaID

101665 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101665)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Melita gladiosa Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862 accepted as Abludomelita gladiosa (Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862) (type by original designation)

Parent

Megamoerinae Springthorpe, 2026

Original name

Abludomelita Karaman, 1981

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Species Abludomelita aculeata (Chevreux, 1911)
Species Abludomelita amoena (Hansen, 1888)
Species Abludomelita breviarticulata (Ren, 2012)
Species Abludomelita denticulata (Nagata, 1965)
Species Abludomelita gladiosa (Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862)
Species Abludomelita huanghaiensis (Ren, 2012)
Species Abludomelita japonica (Nagata, 1965)
Species Abludomelita klitinii Labay, 2016
Species Abludomelita mucronata (Griffiths, 1975)
Species Abludomelita obtusata (Montagu, 1813)
Species Abludomelita okhotensis Labay, 2016
Species Abludomelita richardi (Chevreux, 1900)
Species Abludomelita somovae (Bulyčeva, 1952)
Species Abludomelita unamoena (Hirayama, 1987)
Species Abludomelita californica Alderman, 1936 accepted as Desdimelita californica (Alderman, 1936) (superseded combination)
Species Abludomelita machaera (K.H. Barnard, 1955) accepted as Saldanha machaera (K.H. Barnard, 1955) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Abludomelita rotundactyla (Ren, 2012) accepted as Abludomelita breviarticulata (Ren, 2012) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Abludomelita sexstachya (Gamo, 1977) accepted as Quasimelita sexstachya (Gamo, 1977) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Abludomelita tuberculata (Nagata, 1965) accepted as Melita tuberculata Nagata, 1965 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Abludomelita valida (Shoemaker, 1955) accepted as Melitoides valida (Shoemaker, 1955) (superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Karaman G.S. (1981b). Redescription of Melita planaterga Kunkel, 1910, from Bermuda Islands with revision of genera Melita Leach and Abludomelita n. gen. Poljoprivreda I Sumarstvo, Titograd., 27, 1, pp. 29-50;7 figs.
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Taxonomic citation

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. (2026). World Amphipoda Database. Abludomelita Karaman, 1981. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101665 on 2026-09-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan-Santini, Denise

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

checked

Costello, Mark J.

2010-10-26 10:14:21Z

changed

Lowry, Jim

2026-03-20 09:13:47Z

changed

Horton, Tammy

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Nomenclature

original description Karaman G.S. (1981b). Redescription of Melita planaterga Kunkel, 1910, from Bermuda Islands with revision of genera Melita Leach and Abludomelita n. gen. Poljoprivreda I Sumarstvo, Titograd., 27, 1, pp. 29-50;7 figs.
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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]

Identification resource

identification resource Labay, V. S. (2016). Review of amphipods of the Melita group (Amphipoda: Melitidae) from the coastal waters of Sakhalin Island (Far East of Russia). III. Genera Abludomelita Karaman, 1981 and Melita Leach, 1814. Zootaxa. 4156(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4156.1.1
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identification resource Yoshimura, H.; Kim, J.; Lee, J. H.; Nam, Y. R.; Choi, J. H.; Wakabayashi, K.; Soh, H. Y.; Kim, Y. H.; Tomikawa, K. (2026). Some species of Abludomelita Karaman (Amphipoda: Melitidae) from the northeastern East China Sea, South Korea. Journal of Natural History. 60(29-32): 1589-1611., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2026.2682224 [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Yoshimura, H.; Kim, J.; Lee, J. H.; Nam, Y. R.; Choi, J. H.; Wakabayashi, K.; Soh, H. Y.; Kim, Y. H.; Tomikawa, K. (2026). Some species of Abludomelita Karaman (Amphipoda: Melitidae) from the northeastern East China Sea, South Korea. Journal of Natural History. 60(29-32): 1589-1611., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2026.2682224 [details] Available for editors

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