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Checklist for Family Melitidae Bousfield, 1973
and region Near East (West Asia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
263
1056
2811
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
262
1054
2803
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
120
375
982
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
57
142
335
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
27
88
254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Hadziida
S. Karaman, 1932
6
13
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hadzioidea
S. Karaman, 1943
6
13
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMelitidae
Bousfield, 1973
8
21
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Near East
8 Genera with 21 Species
Ceradocus Costa, 18562SpeciesTaxom
Dulichiella Stout, 18262SpeciesTaxom
Elasmopus Costa, 19046SpeciesTaxom
Eriopisa Stebbing, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Maera Leach, 18573SpeciesTaxom
Mallacoota Barnard, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Melita Leach, 19945SpeciesTaxom
Quadrimaera Krapp-Schick..., 18511SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Near East
21 Species
Ceradocus (Ceradocus) orchestiipes A. Costa, 1853
Ceradocus (Denticeradocus) rubromaculatus Stimpson, 1856
Dulichiella appendiculata Say, 1818
Dulichiella fresnelii Audouin, 1826
Elasmopus pectenicrus Bate, 1862
Elasmopus pocillimanus Bate, 1862
Elasmopus pseudaffinis Schellenberg, 1938
Elasmopus rapax Costa, 1853Gammarid
Elasmopus sokotrae (Walker & Scott, 1903)⇒ Mallacoota sokotrae Walker & Scott, 1903
Elasmopus spinimanus Walker, 1904
Eriopisa elongata Bruzelius, 1859
Maera grossimana Montagu, 1808
Maera hamigera (Appadoo, Mye..., 2002)⇒ Linguimaera pirloti Krapp-Schickel, 2003
Maera inaequipes Costa, 1857
Mallacoota sokotrae Walker & Scott, 1903
Melita appendiculata Say, 1818
Melita bulla Karaman, 1978
Melita fresnelii Audouin, 1826
Melita valesi Karaman, 1955
Melita virgula Krapp-Schick..., 1994
Quadrimaera inaequipes A. Costa, 1851


Links, sources and further information
Melitidae at artfakta.se
Melitidae at biodiversity.org.au
Melitidae at dyntaxa.se
Melitidae at gbif.org
Melitidae at irmng.org
Melitidae at itis.gov
Melitidae at marinespecies.org