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Melphidippa macrura Sars, 1894 
AphiaID: 102858

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Amphipoda (Order) > Gammaridea (Suborder) > Melphidippidae (Family) > Melphidippa (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Melphidippa 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: The Zoological Record: records of zoological literature relating chiefly to the year: Zoological Society of London City: London, UK (look up in IMIS[details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Macrozoobenthos communities of Svalbard
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Authority: Sars, 1895 [details]

Distribution: lower St. Lawrence estuary; Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait) [details]

Habitat: bathyal of the Gulf and estuary [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:102858
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
  
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  Citation: Costello, M.; Bellan-Santini, D. (2013). Melphidippa macrura. In: Lowry, J. (2013) World Amphipoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=102858 on 2013-05-24
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