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Metopa  Boeck, 1871
Taxonomic Serial No.: 94958

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
                   SuperclassAltocrustacea   
                      ClassMalacostraca Latreille, 1802  
                         SubclassEumalacostraca Grobben, 1892  
                            SuperorderPeracarida Calman, 1904 – barata da praia, pulga da praia, tatuzinho de jardim  
                               OrderAmphipoda Latreille, 1816 – amphipods, amphipodes  
                                  SuborderAmphilochidea   
                                     InfraorderAmphilochida   
                                        SuperfamilyAmphilochoidea Boeck, 1871  
                                           FamilyStenothoidae Boeck, 1871  
                                              GenusMetopa Boeck, 1871  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa abyssalis Stephensen, 1931  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa alderi (Bate, 1857)  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa angustimana Gurjanova, 1948  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa boecki G. O. Sars, 1892  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa boeckii G. O. Sars, 1892  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa borealis G. O. Sars, 1882  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa bruzeli (Goes, 1866)  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa bruzelii (Goës, 1866)  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa cistella J. L. Barnard, 1969  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa clypeata (Krřyer, 1842)  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa colliei Gurjanova, 1948  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa dawsoni J. L. Barnard, 1962  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa derjugini Gurjanova, 1948  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa glacialis (Krřyer, 1842)  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa groenlandica (Hansen, 1887)  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa hearni Dunbar, 1954  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa invalida G. O. Sars, 1892  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa latimana Hansen, 1887  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa layi Gurjanova, 1948  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa leptocarpa G. O. Sars, 1882  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa longicornis Boeck, 1871  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa longirama Dunbar, 1942  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa majuscula Gurjanova, 1948  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa norvegica (Lilljeborg, 1851)  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa palmata G. O. Sars, 1892  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa pollexiana   
                                                 SpeciesMetopa propinqua G. O. Sars, 1892  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa pusilla G. O. Sars, 1892  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa robusta G. O. Sars, 1892  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa samsiluna J. L. Barnard, 1966  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa sinuata G. O. Sars, 1892  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa solsbergi Schneider, 1884  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa spectabilis   
                                                 SpeciesMetopa spinicoxa Shoemaker, 1955  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa spitzbergensis Brüggen, 1907  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa submajuscula Gurjanova, 1948  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa tenuimana G. O. Sars, 1892  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa uschakovi Gurjanova, 1948  
                                                 SpeciesMetopa wiesei Gurjanova, 1933  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Metopa   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Barnard, J. Laurens, and Gordon S. Karaman   
  Publication Date: 1991   
  Article/Chapter Title: The Families and Genera of Marine Gammaridean Amphipoda (Except Marine Gammaroids)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Records of the Australian Museum, supplement 13, pt. 2   
  Page(s): 419-866   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0-7305-8743-6   
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  Reference for: Metopa   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lincoln, Roger J.   
  Publication Date: 1979   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: British Marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea   
  Page(s): vi + 658   
  Publisher: British Museum (Natural History)   
  Publication Place: London, England   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-565-00818-8   
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  Reference for: Metopa   
       

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