Deep-Sea taxon details
Melita Leach, 1814
101679 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101679)
accepted
Genus
- Species Melita solada J.L. Barnard, 1961
- Species Melita abyssorum Stephensen, 1944 accepted as Quasimelita abyssorum (Stephensen, 1944) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Melita dentata (Krøyer, 1842) accepted as Megamoera dentata (Krøyer, 1842) (superseded combination)
- Species Melita lignophila J.L. Barnard, 1961 accepted as Megamoera lignophila (J.L. Barnard, 1961) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Melita pallida G.O. Sars, 1879 accepted as Megamoera pallida (G.O. Sars, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Melita richardi Chevreux, 1900 accepted as Abludomelita richardi (Chevreux, 1900) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Leach, W.E. (1813 - 1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> :383-437., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640
page(s): 403; note: (Bottom-Left corner) [details]
page(s): 403; note: (Bottom-Left corner) [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. Melita Leach, 1814. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101679 on 2026-09-05
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Melita Leach, 1814. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101679 on 2026-09-05
Date
action
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2006-09-25 06:54:45Z
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Martinez, Olga
original description
Leach, W.E. (1813 - 1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> :383-437., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640
page(s): 403; note: (Bottom-Left corner) [details]
basis of record Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. <em>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.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Lincoln, R. J. (1979). British marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. <em>British Museum (Natural History).</em> 658 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
identification resource Krapp-Schickel, T. ; Sket, B. (2015). Melita mirzajanii n. sp. (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Melitidae), a puzzling new member of the Caspian fauna. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3948: 248-262., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3948.2.6 [details] Available for editors
identification resource Queiroz, B.; Senna, A. R. (2026). A new species of Melita Leach, 1814 (Amphipoda: Melitidae) from Marapendi Lagoon, Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. <em>Nauplius.</em> 34., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e20260571
note: Identification key to Neotropical species of Melita (including M. bousfieldi, M. orgasmos and M. nitida) [details]
identification resource 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
page(s): 28; note: Key to marine and estuarine species of Melita (males) from the southern hemisphere [details] Available for editors
identification resource Thacker, D.; Myers, A. A.; Trivedi, J. N. (2025). One new species of Melita Leach, 1814 (Hadzioidea, Melitidae) from Gujarat State, India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5717(1): 127-137., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5717.1.8
page(s): 133; note: Morphological identification key for species of Group B1 of Melita (modified from Krapp-Schickel & Sket, 2015) [details] Available for editors
identification resource Tomikawa, K.; Yamato, S.; Ariyama, H. (2025). Black-And-White Disruptive Coloration May be Convergent: A New Species of Melita (Amphipoda: Melitidae) from Japan. <em>Zoological Science.</em> 42(6)., available online at https://doi.org/10.2108/zs250074
page(s): 13; note: Key to species of Melita with pleonites 1–3 and urosomite 1 lacking dorsal teeth/projections, and uropod 3 bearing 2-articulate outer ramus [details] Available for editors
page(s): 403; note: (Bottom-Left corner) [details]
basis of record Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. <em>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.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Lincoln, R. J. (1979). British marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. <em>British Museum (Natural History).</em> 658 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
identification resource Krapp-Schickel, T. ; Sket, B. (2015). Melita mirzajanii n. sp. (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Melitidae), a puzzling new member of the Caspian fauna. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3948: 248-262., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3948.2.6 [details] Available for editors
identification resource Queiroz, B.; Senna, A. R. (2026). A new species of Melita Leach, 1814 (Amphipoda: Melitidae) from Marapendi Lagoon, Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. <em>Nauplius.</em> 34., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e20260571
note: Identification key to Neotropical species of Melita (including M. bousfieldi, M. orgasmos and M. nitida) [details]
identification resource 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
page(s): 28; note: Key to marine and estuarine species of Melita (males) from the southern hemisphere [details] Available for editors
identification resource Thacker, D.; Myers, A. A.; Trivedi, J. N. (2025). One new species of Melita Leach, 1814 (Hadzioidea, Melitidae) from Gujarat State, India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5717(1): 127-137., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5717.1.8
page(s): 133; note: Morphological identification key for species of Group B1 of Melita (modified from Krapp-Schickel & Sket, 2015) [details] Available for editors
identification resource Tomikawa, K.; Yamato, S.; Ariyama, H. (2025). Black-And-White Disruptive Coloration May be Convergent: A New Species of Melita (Amphipoda: Melitidae) from Japan. <em>Zoological Science.</em> 42(6)., available online at https://doi.org/10.2108/zs250074
page(s): 13; note: Key to species of Melita with pleonites 1–3 and urosomite 1 lacking dorsal teeth/projections, and uropod 3 bearing 2-articulate outer ramus [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | メリタヨコエビ | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melita)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (6 traits)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 054038)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melita)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (6 traits)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 054038)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Image from typetaxon
Unreviewed
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