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Metopa Boeck, 1871 
AphiaID: 101764

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Amphipoda (Order) > Gammaridea (Suborder) > Stenothoidae (Family) > Stenothoinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Leucothoe clypeata Krøyer, 1842 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Stenothoinae 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: 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. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [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

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 Species Metopa abyssalis Stephensen, 1931
Species Metopa abyssi Pirlot, 1933
Species Metopa aequicornis G.O. Sars, 1879
Species Metopa affinis Boeck, 1871
Species Metopa alderi (Bate, 1857)
Species Metopa angustimana Gurjanova, 1948
Species Metopa beringiensis Oldevig, 1959
Species Metopa boeckii Sars, 1892
Species Metopa borealis Sars, 1882
Species Metopa bruzelii (Goes, 1866)
Species Metopa bulychevae Gurjanova, 1955
Species Metopa cistella J.L. Barnard, 1969
Species Metopa clypeata (Kroyer, 1842)
Species Metopa colliei Gurjanova, 1948
Species Metopa cristata Gurjanova, 1955
Species Metopa dawsoni J.L. Barnard, 1962
Species Metopa derjugini Gurjanova, 1948
Species Metopa eupraxiae Krapp-Schickel, 2009
Species Metopa exuigua Krapp-Schickel, 2009
Species Metopa glacialis (Kroyer, 1842)
Species Metopa groenlandica Hansen, 1888
Species Metopa gurjanovae Tzvetkova, Golikov, 1990
Species Metopa hearni Dunbar, 1954
Species Metopa invalida Sars, 1892
Species Metopa japonica Gurjanova, 1952
Species Metopa kobjakovae Gurjanova, 1955
Species Metopa koreana Gurjanova, 1952
Species Metopa latimana Hansen, 1888
Species Metopa layi Gurjanova, 1948
Species Metopa leptocarpa Sars, 1882
Species Metopa longicornis Boeck, 1871
Species Metopa longipalpa Ren, 1991
Species Metopa longirama Dunbar, 1942
Species Metopa majuscula Gurjanova, 1948
Species Metopa mirifica Gurjanova, 1952
Species Metopa normani Hoek, 1889
Species Metopa norvegica (Liljeborg, 1851)
Species Metopa palmata Sars, 1892
Species Metopa propinqua Sars, 1892
Species Metopa pusilla Sars, 1892
Species Metopa quadrangula Reibisch, 1905
Species Metopa robusta Sars, 1892
Species Metopa samsiluna J.L. Barnard, 1966
Species Metopa shoemakeri Tzvetkova & Golikov, 1990
Species Metopa sinuata Sars, 1892
Species Metopa solsbergi Schneider, 1884
Species Metopa spinicoxa Shoemaker, 1955
Species Metopa spitzbergensis Bruggen, 1907
Species Metopa stelleri Shoemaker, 1964
Species Metopa submajuscula Gurjanova, 1948
Species Metopa tenuimana Gurjanova, 1933
Species Metopa timonovi Gurjanova, 1955
Species Metopa torbeni Krapp-Schickel, 2009
Species Metopa tuberculata (Schellenberg, 1926)
Species Metopa uschakovi Gurjanova, 1948
Species Metopa wiesei Gurjanova, 1933

Species Metopa gigas Stuxberg, 1880 (nomen nudum)

Species Metopa abscisa Norman, 1900 accepted as Metopa latimana Hansen, 1888
Species Metopa cariana Gurjanova, 1929 accepted as Metopa glacialis (Kroyer, 1842)
Species Metopa crenatipalmata Stebbing, 1888 accepted as Torometopa crenatipalmata (Stebbing, 1888)
Species Metopa esmarki Boeck, 1871 accepted as Mesometopa esmarki (Boeck, 1871)
Species Metopa gregaria G.O. Sars, 1882 accepted as Proboloides gregaria (Sars, 1882)
Species Metopa hirsutimana Blake, 1929 accepted as Metopa groenlandica Hansen, 1888
Species Metopa longimana Boeck, 1871 accepted as Metopella longimana (Boeck, 1871)
Species Metopa magellanica Stebbing, 1888 accepted as Metopoides magellanica (Stebbing, 1888)
Species Metopa nasuta Boeck, 1871 accepted as Hardametopa nasuta (Boeck, 1871)
Species Metopa norvegica Bate & Westwood, 1868 accepted as Metopa boeckii Sars, 1892
Species Metopa ovata Stebbing, 1888 accepted as Probolisca ovata (Stebbing, 1888)
Species Metopa pollexiana Bate, 1857 accepted as Metopa norvegica (Liljeborg, 1851)
Species Metopa rubrovittata Sars, 1882 accepted as Stenula rubrovittata Sars, 1883
Species Metopa spectabilis G.O. Sars, 1879 accepted as Metopa alderi (Bate, 1857)
Environment marine
Feedingtype  unknown [details]
Links To Macrozoobenthos communities of Svalbard
To ITIS
Note  Synonymy: Metopina Norman, 1900b: 45 (homonym, Diptera); Sthenometopa Norman, 1902: 480 (new name for Metopina); ?Prometopa Schellenberg, 1926 [details]
Images 
Metopa
Metopa
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Metopa
Metopa
added on 2006-02-09 - author: Marko Herrmann
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101764
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
2010-12-10 11:11:34Z  changed  Lowry, Jim
  
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  Citation: Lowry, J.; Costello, M.; Bellan-Santini, D. (2013). Metopa Boeck, 1871. In: Horton, T.; Lowry, J. & De Broyer, C. (2013) World Amphipoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101764 on 2013-06-19
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