Amphipoda name 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]
source of synonymy
Labay, V. S. (2016). Review of amphipods of the Melita group (Amphipoda: Melitidae) from the coastal waters of Sakhalin Island (Far East of Russia). III. Genera Abludomelita Karaman, 1981 and Melita Leach, 1814. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4156(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4156.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype FESTU X 37867 Cr 1433, geounit Sea of Okhotsk [details]
From editor or global species database
Ecology M. aequidentatum was found only in a type locality at the depth 10 m on the gravel bottom. Female with eggs in marsupium was found in October. [details]
Etymology Species name aequidentatum is based on Latin words aequalis (equal) and dentatum (denticled), which is explained by similarity in dorsal denticles size of pleon and urosome segments. [details]
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