Melita Leach, 1814

White, Kristine N. & Sir, Sally J., 2024, Caribbean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Panama. Part II: parvorder Hadziidira, ZooKeys 1195, pp. 249-296 : 249

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1195.116721

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4868E773-FA18-4196-B207-5A691987CC8C

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A9ACF1B7-257E-5C29-AB73-2B7F7BC7C697

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scientific name

Melita Leach, 1814
status

 

Genus Melita Leach, 1814 View in CoL

Diagnosis.

Male gnathopod 2 large, symmetrical; female gnathopod 2 smaller than in male. Pereopods 5-7, dactyli without accessory spines. Pleosome without serrations. Uropod 3 inner ramus minute; outer ramus 1-articulate. Telson deeply cleft, sides straight or convex, tapering to a point, with apical spines.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

ParvOrder

Hadziidira

Family

Melitidae