Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Amphilochidea > Infraorder Lysianassida > Parvorder Haustoriidira > Superfamily Haustorioidea > Family Pontoporeiidae > Genus Monoporeia

Monoporeia affinis (Lindström, 1855)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Monoporeia*	Bousfield, 1989	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Pontoporeia affinis*	Lindström, 1855	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: hvide østersøtangloppe

Finnish: valkokatka

Swedish: vitmärla

Literature

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	Segerstråle, S.G. 1937. Studien über die Bodentierwelt in südfinnländischen Küstengewässern III. Zur Morphologie und Biologie des Amphipoden Pontoporeia affinis, nebst einer Revision der Pontoporeia-Systematik. Societas Scientiarum Fennica, Commentationes Biologicae, 7(1), 183 pp.;19 pls.
new combination reference	Bousfield, E. L. (1989). Revised Morphological Relationships Within the Amphipod Genera Pontoporeia and Gammaracanthus and the "Glacial Relict" Significance of their Postglacial Distributions. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 46(10), 1714-1725.

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. Monoporeia affinis (Lindström, 1855). 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:103077