WoRMS name details
Metopella neglecta (Hansen, 1888)
103142 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103142)
unaccepted
Species
Metopa neglecta Hansen, 1888 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Metopa neglecta Hansen, 1888) 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] 
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. Metopella neglecta (Hansen, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103142 on 2026-09-20
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(of Metopa neglecta Hansen, 1888) 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]
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]
new combination reference Sars, G.O. (1892). Amphipoda. Part XIII. Stenothoidae (concluded), Leucothoidae, Oediceridae (part). An account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. I: 273-296, pls 97-104. Cammermeyer, Christiana (Oslo)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10925944
page(s): 274 (text); note: Sars discussses in the text (sub M. longimana) that there is the need of a new genus (Metopella) for M. longimana, M. neglecta and M. nasuta. Stebbing (1906) uses this as his reference for Metopella [details]
new combination reference Stebbing T.R.R. (1906). Amphipoda. I. Gammaridea. <em>Das Tiereich.</em> 21, 1-806, 127 figs., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/998303#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 184; note: Stebbing claims the synonymy started with GO Sars (1892) who in the text p 274 (sub Metopa longimana) discussed that M. longimana, M. neglecta and M nasuta might be their own genus, and that the name ...
[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]
new combination reference Sars, G.O. (1892). Amphipoda. Part XIII. Stenothoidae (concluded), Leucothoidae, Oediceridae (part). An account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. I: 273-296, pls 97-104. Cammermeyer, Christiana (Oslo)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10925944
page(s): 274 (text); note: Sars discussses in the text (sub M. longimana) that there is the need of a new genus (Metopella) for M. longimana, M. neglecta and M. nasuta. Stebbing (1906) uses this as his reference for Metopella [details]
new combination reference Stebbing T.R.R. (1906). Amphipoda. I. Gammaridea. <em>Das Tiereich.</em> 21, 1-806, 127 figs., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/998303#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 184; note: Stebbing claims the synonymy started with GO Sars (1892) who in the text p 274 (sub Metopa longimana) discussed that M. longimana, M. neglecta and M nasuta might be their own genus, and that the name ...
Stebbing claims the synonymy started with GO Sars (1892) who in the text p 274 (sub Metopa longimana) discussed that M. longimana, M. neglecta and M nasuta might be their own genus, and that the name of the new genus then should be Metopella.
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
