Metopa clypeata
creator: Bellan-Santini, Denise
creator: Costello, Mark J.
creator: Tandberg, Anne Helene
date: 2026-08-28
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Metopa clypeata (Krøyer, 1842), non Stimpson, 1853
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: 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 clypeata (Krøyer, 1842), non Stimpson, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103121 on 2026-08-28
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2016-06-07T16:06:12Z
replaces: 555077
replaces: 555084
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Metopa clypeata (Krøyer, 1842), non Stimpson, 1853
class: Malacostraca
family: Stenothoidae
genus: Metopa
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Krøyer, H. (1842-1845). Zoologie. Crustacés. [Zoology. Crustacea.]. In: Gaimard, P. (Ed), Voyages de la Commission Scientifique du Nord en Scandinavie, en Laponie au Spitzberg et aux Faröe pendant les années 1838, 1839 et 1840 sur la corvette la recherche commandée par M. Fabvre Lieutenant de vasseau, Arthus Bertrand, Paris. 86 Plates. "1-43" [only pls. 1-5, 5a, 6-11, 11b, 13-20, 22-31, 35-43 were issued (40 plates total); no text].
name published in year: 1842-1845
order: Amphipoda
parent name usage ID: 101764
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: (Krøyer, 1842), non Stimpson, 1853
specific epithet: clypeata
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted