Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Senticaudata > Infraorder Hadziida > Subsection Hadziidira > Superfamily Hadzioidea > Family Melitidae > Genus Melita

Melita dentata (Krøyer, 1842)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MelitaLeach, 1814accepted genus name

Literature

original description

Kroyer H. (1842). Nye nordiske slaegter og arter af amfipodernes orden, henhorende til familien Gammarina. (Forelobigt uddrag af et storre arbejde). Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, 4, pp. 141-166.

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

ITIS database

additional source

Lincoln, R.J. (1979). British marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. British Museum (Natural History): London, UK. ISBN 0-565-00818-8. vi, 658 pp.

additional source

Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.

additional source

Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (75 publications)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Melita dentata (Krøyer, 1842). In: Horton, T.; Lowry, J. & De Broyer, C. (2013 onwards) World Amphipoda Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:102837

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2004-12-21 by Mark Costello

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