| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Abludomelita Karaman, 1981 |
Synonymised
taxa | |
Melita obtusata (Montagu, 1813) (Synonym)
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| Sources | |
additional source: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source (from synonym): ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] [view taxon]
additional source (from synonym): Lincoln, R.J. (1979). British marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. British Museum (Natural History): London, UK. ISBN 0-565-00818-8. vi, 658 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]
additional source (from synonym): Faasse, M.; Van Moorsel, G. (2000). Nieuwe en minder bekende vlokreeftjes van sublitorale harde bodems in het Deltagebied (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Gammaridea) [New and lesser-known amphipods of hard substrates in the Delta area of the Netherlands (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Gammaridea)]. Ned. Faunist. Meded. 11: 19-44 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]
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| Environment | | marine |
| Feedingtypes | |
deposit feeder: surface [details]
interface grazer [details]
suspension feeder: facultative [details]
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| Links | | To Barcode of Life
To Encyclopedia of Life
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To PESI
To ITIS
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| Notes | |
Description: A slender amphipod up to 9 mm long. The second pair of claws is remarkably well developed in the
males. No rostrum. Brownish colour. [details]
Distribution: Because of the very low distribution frequency it is not possible to deduce a clear distribution pattern of Abludomelita obtusata for the 1976-1986 period. In the 1994-2001 period, however, the species was mainly found in the near-coastal zone, with the exception of the eastern coastal zone. The species had a relatively high distribution frequency in this period. The density also increased considerably: from a maximum of 150 ind./m2 in the 1976-1986 period to a maximum of 550 ind./m2 in the 1994-2001 period. [details]
Distribution: Abludomelita obtusata is present at the open coast (less in Ooster- and Westerschelde).
Not present in the tidal area. [details]
Habitat: Abludomelita obtusata has no clear preference for a specific grain size: the species is found in sediments with a median grain size up to 500 µm. However, a clear preference can be seen with regard to the mud content. Abludomelita obtusata reaches a relative occurrence of over 40% in sediments with a mud content of 10 to 40%. The species is nevertheless also observed in sediments with higher or lower mud contents. [details]
Nomenclature: In the Dutch literature Abludomelita obtusata is mentioned as Melita obtusata . Karaman (1981) placed the latter species in a new genus namely Abludomelita . [details]
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| Image | | 
Picture of Abludomelita obtusata
added on 2004-06-17 - author: Hillewaert, H.
qualitystatus: not checked |
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:102788 |
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| | | Citation: Costello, M.; Bellan-Santini, D. (2013). Abludomelita obtusata (Montagu, 1813). 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=102788 on 2013-06-19 |
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