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Megamoerinae Springthorpe, 2026, subfam. nov.

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Megamoerinae subfam. nov.

Type genus. Megamoera Bate, 1862

Diagnosis. Maxilla 1 inner plate broad and subtriangular with setae along the medial margin (Fig. 1B). Maxilla 2 inner plate with an oblique or submarginal setal row (Fig. 1D, E).

Included genera. The subfamily contains 10 genera: Abludomelita G.S. Karaman, 1981; Armatomelita Labay, 2013; Dentimelita Paz-Rios & Pech, 2022; Desdimelita Jarrett & Bousfield, 1996; Exitomelita Tandberg, et al., 2012; Liuomelita Yanrong et al., 2021; Megamoera Bate, 1862; Melitoides Gurjanova, 1934; Quasimelita Jarrett & Bousfield, 1996 and Saldanha Springthorpe & Lowry, 2025.

Remarks. The majority of taxa in the Megamoerinae subfam. nov. are confined to the northern hemisphere, mainly in northern North America and north-western Europe. Two Megamoerine genera Abludomelita and Suldanha are known from the southern hemisphere.

Notes

Published as part of Springthorpe, Roger T., 2026, The Melitidae redefined and a review of the genera and species from the southern Indo-Pacific and South Atlantic Oceans (Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Hadzioidea, Melitidae), pp. 1-108 in Zootaxa 5765 (1) on page 9, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5765.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/19192194

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Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.19192198 (DOI)
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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5765.1.1 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Springthorpe
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Amphipoda
Family
Melitidae
Taxon rank
subFamily
Taxonomic status
subfam. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Megamoerinae Springthorpe, 2026

References

  • Bate, C. S. (1862) Catalogue of the specimens of amphipodous Crustacea in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees, British Museum, London, 399 pp.
  • Karaman, G. S. (1981) Redescription of Melita planaterga Kunkel, 1910 from Bermuda with revision of the genera Melita Leach and Abludomelita, n. gen. Poljoprivreda i Sumarstvo, 27 (1), 29-50.
  • Labay, V. S. (2013) Review of amphipods of the Melita group (Amphipoda: Melitidae) from the costal waters of Sakhalin Island (Far East of Russia). I. Genera Megamoera Bate, 1862 and Armatomelita gen. nov. Zootaxa, 3700 (1), 65-112. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3700.1.3
  • Paz-Rios, C. E. & Pech, D. (2022) Two new genera (Paraeperopeus and Dentimelita) and four new deep-sea amphipod crustacean species of little-known genera (Neohela, Pardaliscella, Pardaliscoides and Tosilus) from the Perdido Fold Belt, Gulf of Mexico. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 101 (8), 1145-1170. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315422000169
  • Yanrong, W., Zhu, C., Shaa, Z. & Ren, X. (2021) Liuomelita mollipalma, a new genus and species of Melitidae (Amphipoda: Hadzioidea) from hydrothermal vents of the Okinawa Trough, North-West Pacific. Journal of Natural History, 55 (19 - 20), 1299-1310. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1947535
  • Gurjanova, E. F. (1934) Neue Formen von Amphipoden des Karischen Meeres. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 108, 122-130.
  • Springthorpe, R. T. & Lowry, J. K. (2025) Saldanha, a new genus of melitid amphipod from South Africa (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Senticaudata: Melitidae). Zootaxa, 5620 (2), 389-396. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.11