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Melita nitida

Melita nitida

elegante honingvlokreeft·S.I.Smith, 1874

GBIF:157131913

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PROFILE

Species Profile

Habitat

Marine

Characteristics

Extant

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GEOGRAPHY

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(11)

Westerschelde
introduced
Germany
introduced
Belgian part of the North Sea(BE)
introduced
Canadian part of the Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia(CA)
introduced
German part of the North Sea(DE)
introduced
French part of the Bay of Biscay(FR)
introduced
Georgian part of the Black Sea(GE)
introduced
Dutch part of the North Sea(NL)
introduced
Dutch part of the North Sea(NL)
introduced
Elkhorn Slough(US)
introduced
United States part of the North Pacific Ocean(US)
introduced

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. 1 preferred.

nldelegante honingvlokreeftnld

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. 1 name preferred.

nldelegante honingvlokreeft
nldpreferred
Source: VLIZ Alien Species Consortium. (2010).

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (319 nucleotides; 313 proteins)

NCBI:txid315598

UNKNOWN

Occurrences with images

CITATIONS

References(5)

  • 1

    Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp.

    additional source
  • 2

    Faasse, M.; Van Moorsel, G. (2003). The North-American amphipods, Melita nitida Smith, 1873 and Incisocalliope aestuarius (Watling and Maurer, 1973) (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Gammaridea), introduced to the Western Scheldt estuary (The Netherlands). <em>Aquatic Ecology.</em> 37(1): 13-22.

    basis of record
  • 3

    Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

    additional source
  • 4

    LeCroy, S. E.; Gasca, R.; Winfield, I.; Ortiz, M.; Escobar-Briones, E. (2009). Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College.</em> Pp. 941–972.

    additional source
  • 5

    Verrill, A. E.; Smith, S. I. (1874). Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region. <em>United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Report of the Commissioner for 1873.</em> 295-478, pls. 1-38.

    original description
  • Source Information

    WRiMS

    WRiMS

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    The World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS, https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced) records which marine species in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS, https://www.marinespecies.org, https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/347) have been introduced deliberately or accidentally by human activities to geographic areas outside their native range. It excludes species that colonized new locations naturally (so called ‘range extensions’), even if in response to climate change. The dataset is published as a standardized Darwin Core Archive and includes for each taxon: the scientific name, higher classification, stable identifiers linking to taxon and scientific name information, taxonomic status, and nomenclatural status, the vernacular names, the region of introduction and associated country, as well as the year of the first introduction (first collection) and/or last assessment/observation in this region, coarse habitat information, and the pathway(s) of introduction and invasion stage. We have released this dataset under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY). If you have any questions regarding this dataset, don’t hesitate to contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata.

    Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Accessed at https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced on 2026-06-01. doi:10.14284/347 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-19.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    157131913
    Dataset Key
    0a2eaf0c-5504-4f48-a47f-c94229029dc8
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    2215949
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146922
    Last Crawled
    6/10/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/10/2026