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Melita
Taxonomic Serial Number: 93806

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Melitidae
  Suborder - Gammaridea
  Order - Amphipoda
  Superorder - Peracarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Melita palmata
      Species - Melita formosa
      Species - Melita dentata
      Species - Melita quadrispinosa
      Species - Melita californica
      Species - Melita nitida
      Species - Melita appendiculata
      Species - Melita desdichada
      Species - Melita valida
      Species - Melita intermedia
      Species - Melita hergensis
      Species - Melita gladiosa
      Species - Melita obtusata
      Species - Melita elongata
      Species - Melita longisetosa
      Species - Melita alaskensis
      Species - Melita oregonensis
      Species - Melita pahuwai
      Species - Melita sulca