Melitidae
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Family of crustaceans
Not to be confused with Mellitidae or Melittidae.
| Melitidae | |
|---|---|
| Abludomelita obtusata | |
| Maerella tenuimana | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Parvorder: | Hadziidira |
| Superfamily: | Hadzioidea |
| Family: | Melitidae Bousfield, 1973 [1] |
| Genera | |
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Melitidae is a family of amphipods. It contains around 45 genera, and formerly included a further 40 genera that are now placed in the family Maeridae.[2]
Genera
[edit ]- Abludomelita
- Allomelita
- Alsacomelita
- Anchialella
- Brachina
- Caledopisa
- Carinomelita
- Cottarellia
- Cottesloe
- Desdimelita
- Dulichiella
- Eriopisa
- Eriopisella
- Gammarella
- Hornellia
- Indoniphargus
- Jerbarnia
- Josephosella
- Maerella
- Mallacoota
- Megamoera
- Melita
- Metaceradocus
- Netamelita
- Nurina
- Nuuanu
- Parapherusa
- Psammogammarus
- Psammomelita
- Rotomelita
- Tabatzius
- Tagua
- Valettiella
- Verdeia
- Victoriopisa
References
[edit ]- ^ C. De Broyer, M. Costello & D. Bellan-Santini (2010). "Melitidae". World Register of Marine Species. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
- ^ J. K. Lowry & R. T. Springthorpe (2009). "Melitidae, the Melita group" (PDF). Zootaxa . 2260: 718–735.
