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Metopella Stebbing, 1906 
AphiaID: 101765

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 Metopa longimana Boeck, 1871 (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: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Metopella angusta Shoemaker, 1949
Species Metopella aporpis J.L. Barnard, 1962
Species Metopella bousfieldi Tzvetkova & Golikov, 1990
Species Metopella buynitzkii Gurjanova, 1946
Species Metopella longimana (Boeck, 1871)
Species Metopella macrochira Gurjanova, 1948
Species Metopella neglecta (Hansen, 1888)

Species Metopella carinata (Hansen, 1887) accepted as Hardametopa carinata (Hansen, 1887)
Species Metopella cornuta Schellenberg, 1926 accepted as Mesoproboloides cornuta (Schellenberg, 1926)
Species Metopella dubia Shoemaker, 1964 accepted as Vonimetopa dubia (Shoemaker, 1964)
Species Metopella micropalpa Shoemaker, 1930 accepted as Metopelloides micropalpa (Shoemaker, 1930)
Species Metopella nasica Stephensen, 1927 accepted as Parathaumatelson nasicum (Stephensen, 1927)
Species Metopella nasuta accepted as Hardametopa nasuta (Boeck, 1871)
Environment marine
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101765
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
2010-12-13 08:22:05Z  changed  Lowry, Jim
  
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  Citation: Lowry, J.; Costello, M.; Bellan-Santini, D. (2013). Metopella Stebbing, 1906. In: Lowry, J. (2013) World Amphipoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101765 on 2013-05-25
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