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 pallida G.O. Sars, 1879

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Melita*	Leach, 1814	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1879). Crustacea et Pycnogonida nova in itinere 2do et 3tio Expeditionis Norvegicae anno 1877 & 78 collecta (Prodromus descriptionis) Arch. Math. Naturvidensk. Fjerde bind: 427-476
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

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Melita pallida G.O. Sars, 1879. 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:102842