Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Senticaudata > Infraorder Hadziida > Subsection Hadziidira > Superfamily Hadzioidea > Family Melitidae > Genus Melita

Melita hergensis Reid, 1939

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Melita*	Leach, 1814	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Reid D.M. (1939b). Melita hergensis, sp. n. (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Ser. 11) 4, pp. 278-281;1 fig.
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	Bachelet, G.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Sorbe, J.C. (2003). An updated checklist of marine and brackish water Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the southern Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic). Cah. Biol. Mar. 44(2): 121-151
additional source	Lincoln, R.J. (1979). British marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. British Museum (Natural History): London, UK. ISBN 0-565-00818-8. vi, 658 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Amphipod Collection
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Melita hergensis Reid, 1939. 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:102840