WoRMS taxon details
Megamoerinae Springthorpe, 2026
1874166 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1874166)
accepted
Subfamily
- Genus Abludomelita Karaman, 1981
- Genus Armatomelita Labay, 2013
- Genus Dentimelita Paz-Ríos & Pech, 2022
- Genus Desdimelita Jarrett & Bousfield, 1996
- Genus Exitomelita Tandberg, Rapp, Schander, Vader, Sweetman & Berge, 2012
- Genus Liuomelita Yanrong, Zhu, Sha & Ren, 2021
- Genus Megamoera Spence Bate, 1863
- Genus Melitoides Gurjanova, 1934
- Genus Quasimelita Jarrett & Bousfield, 1996
- Genus Saldanha Springthorpe & Lowry, 2025
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Springthorpe, R. T. (2026). The Melitidae redefined and a review of the genera and species from the southern Indo-Pacific and South Atlantic Oceans (Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Hadzioidea, Melitidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5765(1): 1-108., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5765.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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Distribution The majority of taxa in the Megamoerinae subfam. nov. are confined to the northern hemisphere, mainly in northern North...
Distribution The majority of taxa in the Megamoerinae subfam. nov. are confined to the northern hemisphere, mainly in northern North America and north-western Europe. Two Megamoerine genera Abludomelita and Saldanha are known from the southern hemisphere. [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. Megamoerinae Springthorpe, 2026. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1874166 on 2026-08-06
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Springthorpe, R. T. (2026). The Melitidae redefined and a review of the genera and species from the southern Indo-Pacific and South Atlantic Oceans (Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Hadzioidea, Melitidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5765(1): 1-108., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5765.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Distribution The majority of taxa in the Megamoerinae subfam. nov. are confined to the northern hemisphere, mainly in northern North America and north-western Europe. Two Megamoerine genera Abludomelita and Saldanha are known from the southern hemisphere. [details]
