MACROBEL
Long term trends in the macrobenthos of the Belgian Continental Shelf
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Macrobel taxon details

Atylus falcatus Metzger, 1871 
AphiaID: 102126

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Arthropoda > Crustacea > Malacostraca > Eumalacostraca > Peracarida > Amphipoda > Gammaridea > Atylidae > Atylinae > Atylus
Status unaccepted unaccepted (basionym)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Nototropis falcatus (Metzger, 1871)
Rank Species
Parent Atylus Leach, 1815
Source  additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

Environment marine
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Note  Distribution: All British coasts, but apparently not common. [details]
Image 
Picture of Atylus falcatus
Picture of Atylus falcatus
added on 2004-06-17 - author: Hillewaert, H.
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:102126
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan-Santini, Denise
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  checked  Costello, Mark
2010-07-08 08:26:48Z  changed  Lowry, Jim
  
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  Citation: Lowry, J.; Costello, M.; Bellan-Santini, D. (2013). Atylus falcatus Metzger, 1871. In: Horton, T.; Lowry, J. & De Broyer, C. (2013) World Amphipoda database. Accessed through: Taxa used on the Macrobel website at http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/macrobel/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=102126 on 2013-06-20