Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Senticaudata > Infraorder Corophiida > Parvorder Corophiidira > Superfamily Aoroidea > Family Aoridae

Microdeutopus A. Costa, 1853

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Coremapus*	Norman, 1905	synonym
*Stimpsonia*	Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862	synonym

Children

Microdeutopus algicola Della Valle, 1893
Microdeutopus anomalus (Rathke, 1843)
Microdeutopus armatus Chevreux, 1887
Microdeutopus bifidus Myers, 1977
Microdeutopus chelifer (Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862)
Microdeutopus damnoniensis (Spence Bate, 1857)
Microdeutopus gryllotalpa A. Costa, 1853
Microdeutopus obtusatus Myers, 1973
Microdeutopus similis Myers, 1977
Microdeutopus sporadhi Myers, 1969
Microdeutopus stationis Della Valle, 1893
Microdeutopus versiculatus (Spence Bate, 1857)

Literature

original description	Costa, A. (1853). Relazione sulla memoria del Dottor Achille Costa, di Ricerche su' Crostacei Amfipodi del Regno di Napoli. Rendiconti della Societa Reale Borbonica, Accademia delle Scienze, new series. 2, 167-178.
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.
additional source	Myers, A. A. (1969). A revision of the amphipod genus Microdeutopus Costa (Gammaridea: Aoridae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology. 17(4): 93-148.
additional source	Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
identification resource	Myers, A.; Plaiti, W.; Rousou, M. (2018). A new species of Microdeutopus, M. periergos sp. nov. (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Aoridae) from Cyprus (East Mediterranean Sea). Zootaxa. 4378(1): 144.

Genbank

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. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Microdeutopus A. Costa, 1853. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101471