Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Amphilochidea > Infraorder Amphilochida > Parvorder Amphilochidira > Superfamily Amphilochoidea > Family Stenothoidae > Subfamily Stenothoinae

Metopa Boeck, 1871

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Metopa abyssalis Stephensen, 1931
Metopa aeqvicornis G.O. Sars, 1879
Metopa affinis Boeck, 1871
Metopa alderi (Spence Bate, 1857)
Metopa boeckii G.O. Sars, 1892
Metopa borealis G.O. Sars, 1883
Metopa bruzelii (Goës, 1866)
Metopa clypeata (Krøyer, 1842), non Stimpson, 1853
Metopa glacialis (Krøyer, 1842)
Metopa groenlandica Hansen, 1888
Metopa latimana Hansen, 1888
Metopa leptocarpa G.O. Sars, 1883
Metopa longicornis Boeck, 1871
Metopa norvegica (Liljeborg, 1851)
Metopa palmata Sars, 1892
Metopa propinqva G.O. Sars, 1892
Metopa pusilla Sars, 1892
Metopa robusta Sars, 1892
Metopa rubrovittata G.O. Sars, 1883
Metopa sinuata Sars, 1892
Metopa spitzbergensis Brüggen, 1907
Metopa tenuimana GO Sars, 1892
Metopa wiesei Gurjanova, 1933

Literature

original description	Boeck, A. (1871). Crustacea amphipoda borealia et arctica. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania. 1870: 83-280.
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.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Lincoln, R. J. (1979). British marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. British Museum (Natural History). 658 pp.

Genbank

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. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Metopa Boeck, 1871. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101764