Name - Melita Leach 1814

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:113026 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Melita

• Paraniphargus Tattersall 1925

• Melita Leach

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Recent Publications

• Melita lowryi, a New Species of Melitidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Senticaudata) from New Zealand, and the Redescription of Melita festiva (Chilton, 1885) from Australia.
• Melita panda,, a new species of Melitidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from Japan.
• A new species of the genus Melita (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Melitidae) and a new record for Melita shimizui from Korean Brackish Waters.
• New record of Melita alluaudi Ledoyer,1982 (Amphipoda, Melitidae) from Yonaguni Island, Japan.
• Black-and-White Disruptive Coloration May Be Convergent: A New Species of Melita (Amphipoda: Melitidae) From Japan.

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Sherborn Index Animalium

• Brewster's Edin. Ency., VII(2) 1814: 403. [Index Animalium Entry]

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