WoRMS taxon details
Microprotopus Norman, 1867
AphiaID: 101561
AphiaID: 101561
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Amphipoda (Order) > Senticaudata (Suborder) > Corophiida (Infraorder) > Caprellidira (Parvorder) > Microprotopoidea (Superfamily) > Microprotopidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Microprotopus maculatus Norman, 1867 (type by monotypy) | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Microprotopidae Myers & Lowry, 2003 | |||||||||||||
| 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 Microprotopus bicuspidatus Rabindranath, 1971 Species Microprotopus longimanus Chevreux, 1887 Species Microprotopus maculatus Norman, 1867 Species Microprotopus raneyi Wigley, 1966 Species Microprotopus shoemakeri Lowry, 1972 Species Microprotopus minutus Sowinsky, 1894 accepted as Microprotopus longimanus Chevreux, 1887 Species Microprotopus terschellingi (Hoek, 1879) accepted as Microprotopus maculatus Norman, 1867 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | |||||||||||||
| Link | To ITIS | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101561 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Lowry, J.; Costello, M.; Bellan-Santini, D. (2013). Microprotopus Norman, 1867. In: Lowry, J. (2013) World Amphipoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101561 on 2013-05-26 | ||||||||||||||
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