WoRMS taxon details
Megamphopus Norman, 1869
101560 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101560)
accepted
Genus
Megamphopus cornutus Norman, 1869 (type by monotypy)
- Species Megamphopus angustilobatus Ren in Ren & Huang, 1991
- Species Megamphopus brevidactylus Myers, 1976
- Species Megamphopus cornutus Norman, 1869
- Species Megamphopus dimorpha (K.H. Barnard, 1932)
- Species Megamphopus elephantis (K.H. Barnard, 1932)
- Species Megamphopus hainanensis Ren, 2006
- Species Megamphopus katagani Bakir, Sezgin & Myers, 2011
- Species Megamphopus longicornis Chevreux, 1911
- Species Megamphopus longidactyla Chevreux, 1926
- Species Megamphopus mamolus J.L. Barnard, 1962
- Species Megamphopus pachypa Schellenberg, 1925
- Species Megamphopus raptor Myers, 1998
- Species Megamphopus robustisetae Souza-Filho & Senna, 2012
- Species Megamphopus abbotti J.L. Barnard, 1965 accepted as Latigammaropsis abbotti (J.L. Barnard, 1965) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Megamphopus blaisus K.H. Barnard, 1932 accepted as Gammaropsis (Segamphopus) blaisus (K.H. Barnard, 1932) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Megamphopus effrenus J.L. Barnard, 1964 accepted as Gammaropsis effrena (J.L. Barnard, 1964) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Megamphopus intermedia Stebbing, 1878 accepted as Megamphopus cornutus Norman, 1869 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Megamphopus longimana (Boeck, 1871) accepted as Megamphopus cornutus Norman, 1869 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Megamphopus martesia J.L. Barnard, 1964 accepted as Gammaropsis martesia (J.L. Barnard, 1964) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish
Norman, A.M. (1869). Last report on dredging among the Shetland Isles. Part 2. On the Crustacea, Tunicata, Polyzoa, Echinodermata, Actinozoa, Hydrozoa, and Porifera. <em>In: Report of the thirty-eighth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; held in Norwich in August 1868. London 1869.</em> pp. 247–336, (Amphipoda, pp. 273–288) (Porifera, pp. 327-335)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29387922 [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. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Megamphopus Norman, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101560 on 2025-05-10
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Norman, A.M. (1869). Last report on dredging among the Shetland Isles. Part 2. On the Crustacea, Tunicata, Polyzoa, Echinodermata, Actinozoa, Hydrozoa, and Porifera. <em>In: Report of the thirty-eighth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; held in Norwich in August 1868. London 1869.</em> pp. 247–336, (Amphipoda, pp. 273–288) (Porifera, pp. 327-335)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29387922 [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]
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]
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additional source
Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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additional source De Broyer, Claude. Checklist of Antarctic Amphipoda. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Lincoln, R. J. (1979). British marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. <em>British Museum (Natural History).</em> 658 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source De Broyer, Claude. Checklist of Antarctic Amphipoda. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Lincoln, R. J. (1979). British marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. <em>British Museum (Natural History).</em> 658 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Classification Genus in Gammaridae [details]
