WoRMS taxon details
original description
Labay, V. S. (2013). Review of amphipods of the <em>Melita</em> group (Amphipoda: Melitidae) from the costal waters of Sakhalin Island (Far East of Russia). I. Genera <em>Megamoera </em>Bate, 1862 and <em>Armatomelita</em> gen. nov. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3700(1): 65., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3700.1.3 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype FESTU X 37855 Cr 1421, geounit Sakhalin [details]
From editor or global species database
Ecology M. similidentata was found in the depth interval 85–90 m on the silt-sand bottom in the layer of constant low temperature (-1.2 to +0.5°C). [details]
Etymology Species name similidentata is based on a Latin word simili (similar) and the species name dentata, which is explained by similarity of habit of the new species and of M. dentata. [details]
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