WoRMS taxon details
Melitinae Bousfield, 1973
1874168 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1874168)
accepted
Subfamily
- Genus Allomelita Stock, 1984
- Genus Anchialella J.L. Barnard, 1979
- Genus Barnardomelita Labay, 2016
- Genus Carnarimelita Bousfield, 1990
- Genus Galapsiellus J.L. Barnard, 1976
- Genus Josephosella Ruffo, 1985
- Genus Melita Leach, 1814
- Genus Nainaloa Karaman & Barnard, 1979
- Genus Paraniphargus Tattersall, 1925
- Genus Rotomelita J.L. Barnard, 1977
- Genus Tegano Barnard & Karaman, 1982
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Distribution The Melitine genera occur in both hemispheres but appear to be more diverse in the Indo-Pacific region. Four Melitine...
Distribution The Melitine genera occur in both hemispheres but appear to be more diverse in the Indo-Pacific region. Four Melitine genera are known from the southern hemisphere: Barnardomelita, Josephosella, Melita and Tegano. [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. Melitinae Bousfield, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1874168 on 2026-08-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Bousfield, E. L. (1973). Shallow-water gammaridean Amphipoda of New England. <em>Cornell University Press, Ithaca.</em> 312 pp. [details] Available for editors 
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Springthorpe, R. T. (2026). The Melitidae redefined and a review of the genera and species from the southern Indo-Pacific and South Atlantic Oceans (Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Hadzioidea, Melitidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5765(1): 1-108., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5765.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Distribution The Melitine genera occur in both hemispheres but appear to be more diverse in the Indo-Pacific region. Four Melitine genera are known from the southern hemisphere: Barnardomelita, Josephosella, Melita and Tegano. [details]
