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Gitana Boeck, 1871 
AphiaID: 101452

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Amphipoda (Order) > Gammaridea (Suborder) > Amphilochidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Gitana sarsi Boeck, 1871
Parent Amphilochidae Boeck, 1871
Sources  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 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Lincoln, R.J. (1979). British marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. British Museum (Natural History): London, UK. ISBN 0-565-00818-8. vi, 658 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Gitana abyssicola Sars, 1895
Species Gitana bilobata Myers, 1985
Species Gitana calitemplado J.L. Barnard, 1962
Species Gitana dominica Thomas & Barnard, 1990
Species Gitana ellisi Hoover & Bousfield, 2001
Species Gitana gracilis Myers, 1985
Species Gitana liliuokalaniae J.L. Barnard, 1970
Species Gitana longicarpus Ledoyer, 1977
Species Gitana rostrata Boeck, 1871
Species Gitana sarsi Boeck, 1871

Species Gitana sabrinae Stebbing, 1878 accepted as Gitana sarsi Boeck, 1871
Environment marine
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details]
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101452
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan-Santini, Denise
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  checked  Costello, Mark
2010-07-27 08:33:47Z  changed  Lowry, Jim
  
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  Citation: Lowry, J.; Costello, M.; Bellan-Santini, D. (2013). Gitana Boeck, 1871. In: Lowry, J. (2013) World Amphipoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101452 on 2013-05-19
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