WoRMS taxon details
Abludomelita obtusata (Montagu, 1813)
AphiaID: 102788
AphiaID: 102788
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Amphipoda (Order) > Senticaudata (Suborder) > Hadziida (Infraorder) > Hadziidira (Parvorder) > Hadzioidea (Superfamily) > Melitidae (Family) > Abludomelita (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Abludomelita Karaman, 1981 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Cancer obtusatus Montagu, 1813 (basionym) Melita obtusata (Montagu, 1813) (Synonym) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Montagu, George 1813. An account of some new and rare marine British shells and animals. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 11: 179-204. [details] 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: Bachelet, G.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Sorbe, J.C. (2003). An updated checklist of marine and brackish water Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the southern Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic). Cah. Biol. Mar. 44(2): 121-151 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] [view taxon] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] from synonym: Faasse, M.; Van Moorsel, G. (2000). Nieuwe en minder bekende vlokreeftjes van sublitorale harde bodems in het Deltagebied (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Gammaridea) [New and lesser-known amphipods of hard substrates in the Delta area of the Netherlands (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Gammaridea)]. Ned. Faunist. Meded. 11: 19-44 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Anna Frisopolder [details] Arcachon Bay [details] Atlantic Coast of France [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Baie de la Seine (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Breezand [details] British Isles [details] Cordouan (lighthouse) [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Golfe Normanno-Breton (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Irish Exclusive economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Marennes-Oléron bay [details] North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Oosterschelde [details] Oostkapelle [details] Plymouth (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Roompot [details] Roscoff (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Veerse Meer [details] Voordelta [details] Vrouwenpolder [details] Walcheren (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Westerschelde [details] West-Oléron [details] Wimereux [details] Zoutelande [details] | ||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
deposit feeder: surface [details]
interface grazer [details] suspension feeder: facultative [details] | ||||||||||
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| Notes |
Description: A slender amphipod up to 9 mm long. The second pair of claws is remarkably well developed in the males. No rostrum. Brownish colour. [details] Distribution: Because of the very low distribution frequency it is not possible to deduce a clear distribution pattern of Abludomelita obtusata for the 1976-1986 period. In the 1994-2001 period, however, the species was mainly found in the near-coastal zone, with the exception of the eastern coastal zone. The species had a relatively high distribution frequency in this period. The density also increased considerably: from a maximum of 150 ind./m2 in the 1976-1986 period to a maximum of 550 ind./m2 in the 1994-2001 period. [details] Distribution: Abludomelita obtusata is present at the open coast (less in Ooster- and Westerschelde). Not present in the tidal area. [details] Habitat: Abludomelita obtusata has no clear preference for a specific grain size: the species is found in sediments with a median grain size up to 500 μm. However, a clear preference can be seen with regard to the mud content. Abludomelita obtusata reaches a relative occurrence of over 40% in sediments with a mud content of 10 to 40%. The species is nevertheless also observed in sediments with higher or lower mud contents. [details] Nomenclature: In the Dutch literature Abludomelita obtusata is mentioned as Melita obtusata . Karaman (1981) placed the latter species in a new genus namely Abludomelita . [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:102788 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Costello, M.; Bellan-Santini, D. (2013). Abludomelita obtusata (Montagu, 1813). In: Lowry, J. (2013) World Amphipoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=102788 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||
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