Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Gammaridea > Family Atylidae > Subfamily Nototropiinae > Genus Nototropis

Nototropis falcatus (Metzger, 1871)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nototropis*	Costa, 1853	accepted genus name
*Paratylus*	Sars, 1893	synonym

Species group names

*Atylus falcatus*	Metzger, 1871	basionym
*Atylus falcatus*	Metzger, 1871	synonym
*Neotropis falcatus*		synonym
*Paratylus unciatus*	Sars, 1883	synonym

Literature

original description	Metzger, A., 1871. Die wirbellosen Meeresthiere der ostfriesischen Küste. Ein Beitrag zur Fauna der deutschen Nordsee. Jber. naturh. Ges. Hannover 20 : 22-36.
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	Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
additional source	Faasse, M. (1999). Nieuwe vindplaatsen van het Nederland uitgestorven gewaande vlokreeftje Echinogammarus stoerensis (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Gammaridea) [The amphipod Echinogammarus stoerensis not extinct in The Netherlands (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Gammaridea)]. Ned. Faunist. Meded. 9: 7-10
source of synonymy	Dauvin, J.-C. (1999). Mise a jour de la liste des espèces d'Amphipodes (Crustacea: Peracarida) présents en Manche [An up-to-date list of the amphipods (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the English Channel]. Cah. Biol. Mar. 40(2): 165-183

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

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GBIF

Citation

Lowry, J. (2014). Nototropis falcatus (Metzger, 1871). In: Horton, T.; Lowry, J. & De Broyer, C. (2013 onwards) World Amphipoda Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:102139