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Melphidippa Boeck, 1871 
AphiaID: 101683

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Amphipoda (Order) > Gammaridea (Suborder) > Melphidippidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Gammarus spinosa Goës, 1866
Parent Melphidippidae Stebbing, 1899
Synonymised
taxa		  Melphidippida (lapsus calami)
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: De Broyer, Claude. Checklist of Antarctic Amphipoda. [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]

from synonym: ArcOD species list provided by Falk Huettmann on 2007-11-25 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Melphidippa amorita J.L. Barnard, 1966
Species Melphidippa antarctica Schellenberg, 1926
Species Melphidippa borealis Boeck, 1871
Species Melphidippa globosa Nagata, 1965
Species Melphidippa goesi Stebbing, 1899
Species Melphidippa linea Hirayama, 1987
Species Melphidippa macrura Sars, 1894
Species Melphidippa macruroides Gurjanova, 1946
Species Melphidippa serrata (Stebbing, 1888)
Species Melphidippa serrulatus (Kudrjashov, 1965)
Species Melphidippa sinuata (Nagata, 1965)
Species Melphidippa willemiana d'Udekem d'Acoz, 2006

Species Melphidippa spinosa (Goës, 1866) accepted as Melphidippa goesi Stebbing, 1899
Environment marine
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Image 
Melphidippa sp.
Melphidippa sp.
added on 2006-02-09 - author: Marko Herrmann
qualitystatus: checked by De Broyer, Claude on 2012-11-16 14:35:56
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101683
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
2010-11-16 10:52:15Z  changed  Lowry, Jim
  
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  Citation: Lowry, J.; Costello, M.; Bellan-Santini, D. (2013). Melphidippa. In: Lowry, J. (2013) World Amphipoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101683 on 2013-05-22
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