Metopa groenlandica
creator: Bellan-Santini, Denise
creator: Costello, Mark J.
date: 2026-08-30
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 groenlandica Hansen, 1888
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 groenlandica Hansen, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103123 on 2026-08-30
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
replaces: 555096
replaces: 555095
replaces: 555094
replaces: 555092
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Metopa groenlandica Hansen, 1888
class: Malacostraca
family: Stenothoidae
genus: Metopa
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Hansen, H. J. (1888). Malacostraca marina Groenlandiæ occidentalis. Oversigt over det vestlige Grønlands Fauna af malakostrake Havkrebsdyr. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, Aaret 1887, Series 4. 9: 5-226 [6 plates].
name published in: Blake, C. H. (1929). Crustacea. New Crustacea from the Mount Desert region. Biological Survey of the Mount Desert Region, Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia. 3: 3-34, figs. 1-15.
name published in: Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 6: 1-66, pls. 1-3.
name published in year: 1888
name published in year: 1929
name published in year: 1853
order: Amphipoda
parent name usage ID: 101764
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: Hansen, 1888
specific epithet: groenlandica
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted