WoRMS taxon details
Metopa groenlandica Hansen, 1888
103123 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103123)
accepted
Species
Metopa hirsutimana Blake, 1929 · unaccepted
Proboloides clypeatus (Stimpson, 1853) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Proboloides groenlandicus (Hansen, 1888) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Stenothoe clypeata Stimpson, 1853, non Krøyer, 1842 · unaccepted > junior homonym (name taken by other species in family)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Hansen, H. J. (1888). Malacostraca marina Groenlandiæ occidentalis. Oversigt over det vestlige Grønlands Fauna af malakostrake Havkrebsdyr. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, Aaret 1887, Series 4.</em> 9: 5-226 [6 plates]. [details] 
Type locality contained in West Greenland
type locality contained in West Greenland [details]
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern...
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley); Magdalen Islands (from eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel); Cobscook Bay [details]
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2026). World Amphipoda Database. Metopa groenlandica Hansen, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103123 on 2026-05-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Hansen, H. J. (1888). Malacostraca marina Groenlandiæ occidentalis. Oversigt over det vestlige Grønlands Fauna af malakostrake Havkrebsdyr. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, Aaret 1887, Series 4.</em> 9: 5-226 [6 plates]. [details]
original description (of Stenothoe clypeata Stimpson, 1853, non Krøyer, 1842) Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.</em> 6: 1-66, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32536624
page(s): 51 [details]
original description (of Metopa hirsutimana Blake, 1929) Blake, C. H. (1929). Crustacea. New Crustacea from the Mount Desert region. <em>Biological Survey of the Mount Desert Region, Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia.</em> 3: 3-34, figs. 1-15.
page(s): 20 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Stenothoe clypeata Stimpson, 1853, non Krøyer, 1842) Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.</em> 6: 1-66, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32536624
page(s): 51 [details]
original description (of Metopa hirsutimana Blake, 1929) Blake, C. H. (1929). Crustacea. New Crustacea from the Mount Desert region. <em>Biological Survey of the Mount Desert Region, Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia.</em> 3: 3-34, figs. 1-15.
page(s): 20 [details] Available for editors
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redescription
Tandberg, A. H. S.; Vader, W. (2009). A redescription of Metopa species (Amphipoda, Stenothoidae) based on the type material. 1. Zoological Museum, Copenhagen (ZMUC). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2093(1): 1-36., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2093.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley); Magdalen Islands (from eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel); Cobscook Bay [details]Habitat infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Proboloides groenlandicus (Hansen, 1888))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Proboloides clypeatus (Stimpson, 1853))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Proboloides groenlandicus (Hansen, 1888))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Proboloides clypeatus (Stimpson, 1853))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
