WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Holmes, S. J. (1908). The Amphipoda collected by the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries Steamer "Albatross" off the West Coast of North America, in 1903 and 1904, with descriptions of a new family and several new genera and species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 35(1654): 489-543; 46 figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7495398, https://archive.org/details/dredginghydrogra00unit_0 [details] 
basis of record
Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. <em>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.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Identification resourceidentification resource
Hendrycks, E.A. (2007). A new species of Valettiopsis Holmes, 1908 (Crustacea: Gammaridea: Lysianassoidea) from abyssal waters off California. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1501(1), 45-56. [details] Available for editors [request]
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From editor or global species database
Grammatical gender Three of the Valettiopsis species names (dentata, anacantha, multidentata) have been corrected to give the epithets feminine terminations. Holmes (1908) derived the name Valettiopsis ' ... from Valettia, a genus of Amphipods, and 'opsis', 'appearance'. Greek nouns ending in ops, genitive opsis, are feminine and adjectival specific names must agree in gender with their genus name (International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, Articles 11 (g) (I) (1), 34 (b)). [details]
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