WoRMS taxon details
Metaprotella Mayer, 1890
AphiaID: 206701
AphiaID: 206701
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Amphipoda (Order) > Senticaudata (Suborder) > Corophiida (Infraorder) > Caprellidira (Parvorder) > Caprelloidea (Superfamily) > Caprellidae (Family) > Caprellinae (Subfamily) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Protella haswelliana Mayer, 1882 (type by original designation) | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Caprellinae Leach, 1814 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Larsen, K. (1997). A new species of Metaprotella (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidea) from East Africa, with key to the genera of Protellidae and discussion of generic characters. Journal of Natural History 31: 1203-1212. [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Metaprotella africana Mayer, 1903 Species Metaprotella excentrica Mayer, 1890 Species Metaprotella haswelliana (Mayer, 1882) Species Metaprotella hummelincki McCain, 1968 Species Metaprotella macrodactylos Stebbing, 1910 Species Metaprotella mauritiensis Guerra-García, 2003 Species Metaprotella problematica Mayer, 1890 Species Metaprotella sandalensis Mayer, 1898 Species Metaprotella tanzaniensis Guerra-García, 2002 Species Metaprotella ungunja Larsen, 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||
| Link | To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Remark: Type species: Protella haswelliana (Mayer, 1882) [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206701 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Lowry, J. (2013). Metaprotella Mayer, 1890. In: Lowry, J. (2013) World Amphipoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206701 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||||||||
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