WoRMS name details
Abludomelita machaera (K.H. Barnard, 1955)
1461589 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1461589)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Melita machaera K.H. Barnard, 1955 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Melita machaera K.H. Barnard, 1955) Barnard, K.H. (1955). Additions to the fauna-list of South African Crustacea and Pycnogonida. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 43: 1-107., available online at https://ia800308.us.archive.org/19/items/annalsofsouthafr4319sout/annalsofsouthafr4319sout.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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Lectotype (of Melita machaera K.H. Barnard, 1955) SAMC...
Lectotype (of Melita machaera K.H. Barnard, 1955) SAMC SAM A43347, geounit False Bay (South Africa) [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. (2026). World Amphipoda Database. Abludomelita machaera (K.H. Barnard, 1955). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1461589 on 2026-09-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Melita machaera K.H. Barnard, 1955) Barnard, K.H. (1955). Additions to the fauna-list of South African Crustacea and Pycnogonida. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 43: 1-107., available online at https://ia800308.us.archive.org/19/items/annalsofsouthafr4319sout/annalsofsouthafr4319sout.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Springthorpe, R.; Lowry, J. (2025). Saldanha, a new genus of melitid amphipod from South Africa (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Senticaudata: Melitidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5620(2): 389-396., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.11 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]new combination reference Springthorpe, R.; Lowry, J. (2025). Saldanha, a new genus of melitid amphipod from South Africa (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Senticaudata: Melitidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5620(2): 389-396., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.11 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
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. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4156(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4156.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source 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. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4156(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4156.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Melita machaera K.H. Barnard, 1955) SAMC SAM A43347, geounit False Bay (South Africa) [details]
