MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Melita obtusata (Montagu, 1813)

WoRMS name details

Melita obtusata (Montagu, 1813)

AphiaID

102841 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:102841)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym)

Accepted Name

Abludomelita obtusata (Montagu, 1813)

Rank

Species

Parent

Melita Leach, 1814

Original name

Cancer obtusatus Montagu, 1813

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Distribution Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the...

Distribution Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway) [details]

Nomenclature In the Dutch literature Abludomelita obtusata is mentioned as Melita obtusata . Karaman (1981) placed the latter species...

Nomenclature In the Dutch literature Abludomelita obtusata is mentioned as Melita obtusata . Karaman (1981) placed the latter species in a new genus namely Abludomelita . [details]

Taxonomic 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. (2024). World Amphipoda Database. Melita obtusata (Montagu, 1813). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=102841 on 2024-11-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan-Santini, Denise

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

checked

Costello, Mark J.

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

basis of record Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. 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. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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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. British Museum (Natural History). 658 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Faasse, M.; Van Moorsel, G. (2000). Nieuwe en minder bekende vlokreeftjes van sublitorale harde bodems in het Deltagebied (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Gammaridea) [New and lesser-known amphipods of hard substrates in the Delta area of the Netherlands (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Gammaridea)]. Ned. Faunist. Meded. 11: 19-44 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Habitat circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Nomenclature In the Dutch literature Abludomelita obtusata is mentioned as Melita obtusata . Karaman (1981) placed the latter species in a new genus namely Abludomelita . [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS