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  Superfamily Hadzioidea

Family Melitidae

    Genus Abludomelita
    Genus Allomelita
    Genus Alsacomelita
    Genus Anamaera
    Genus Anchialella
    Genus Armatomelita
    Genus Brachina
    Genus Caledopisa
    Genus Carnarimelita
    Genus Cottarellia
    Genus Cuneimelita
    Genus Desdimelita
    Genus Dulichiella
    Genus Exitomelita
    Genus Fiha
    Genus Galapsiellus
    Genus Josephosella
    Genus Megamoera
    Genus Melita
    Genus Melitoides
    Genus Nainaloa
    Genus Norcapensis
    Genus Nurina
    Genus Parapherusa
    Genus Poropisa
    Genus Quasimelita
    Genus Rotomelita
    Genus Sriha
    Genus Tegano
    Genus Verdeia

Taxon Information

The Family Melitidae has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has not been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Melitidae, "Freshwater, marine, hypogean, epigean... Cosmopolitan" (Lowry & Myers, 2012).
• Melitidae, [Palearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental, Australasian, Pacific; 29 species in 11 genera worldwide] (Väinölä et al., 2008).

Bibliography

• Lowry, J.K. & A.A. Myers. 2012. A phylogeny and classification of the Senticaudata subord. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda). ZooTaxa 3610: 1-80. [Available online]
• Väinölä, R., J.D.S. Witt, M. Grabowski, J.H. Bradbury, K. Jazdzewski & B. Sket. 2008. Global diversity of amphipods (Amphipoda; Crustacea) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595: 241-255. [Available online]

Web Pages

• World Amphipoda Database
• World Register of Marine Species