WoRMS taxon details
Metaniphargus Stephensen, 1933
490410 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:490410)
accepted
Genus
Metaniphargus curasavicus Stephensen, 1933 represented as Metaniphargus (Metaniphargus) curasavicus Stephensen, 1933 (type by monotypy)
- Subgenus Metaniphargus (Caribdzia) Stock, 1990
- Species Metaniphargus (Caribdzia) bousfieldi Stock, 1977
- Species Metaniphargus (Caribdzia) haitianus Stock, 1985
- Species Metaniphargus (Caribdzia) longipes Stock, 1977
- Species Metaniphargus (Caribdzia) nicholsoni Shoemaker, 1959
- Species Metaniphargus (Caribdzia) palpator Stock, 1977
- Species Metaniphargus (Caribdzia) venezolanus Stock & Botosaneanu, 1983
- Subgenus Metaniphargus (Croidzia) Stock, 1991
- Subgenus Metaniphargus (Guadzia) Stock, 1986
- Subgenus Metaniphargus (Jamadzia) Stock, 1989
- Subgenus Metaniphargus (Metaniphargus) Stock, 1985
- Species Metaniphargus laakona (J.L. Barnard, 1970)
- Species Metaniphargus sabulonis Vonk, 1991
- Species Metaniphargus shiroi Vonk & Gable, 2014
- Species Metaniphargus anchihalinus Stock, 1983 represented as Metaniphargus (Jamadzia) anchihalinus Stock, 1983
- Species Metaniphargus beattyi Shoemaker, 1942 represented as Metaniphargus (Croidzia) beattyi Shoemaker, 1942
- Species Metaniphargus bousfieldi Stock, 1977 represented as Metaniphargus (Caribdzia) bousfieldi Stock, 1977
- Species Metaniphargus curasavicus Stephensen, 1933 represented as Metaniphargus (Metaniphargus) curasavicus Stephensen, 1933
- Species Metaniphargus haitianus Stock, 1985 represented as Metaniphargus (Caribdzia) haitianus Stock, 1985
- Species Metaniphargus jamaicae (Holsinger, 1974) represented as Metaniphargus (Jamadzia) jamaicae (Holsinger, 1974)
- Species Metaniphargus longipes Stock, 1977 represented as Metaniphargus (Caribdzia) longipes Stock, 1977
- Species Metaniphargus nicholsoni Shoemaker, 1959 represented as Metaniphargus (Caribdzia) nicholsoni Shoemaker, 1959
- Species Metaniphargus palpator Stock, 1977 represented as Metaniphargus (Caribdzia) palpator Stock, 1977
- Species Metaniphargus venezolanus Stock & Botosaneanu, 1983 represented as Metaniphargus (Caribdzia) venezolanus Stock & Botosaneanu, 1983
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Stephensen, K. (1933). Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise nach Bonaire, Curacao und Aruba im Jahre 1930. 8. Fresh- and brackish-water Amphipoda from Bonaire, Curacao and Aruba. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abteilung fur Systematik, Okologie und Geographie der Tiere.</em> 64 (3-5), 415-436; 8 figs. [details] Available for editors
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Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Metaniphargus Stephensen, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490410 on 2025-03-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Stephensen, K. (1933). Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise nach Bonaire, Curacao und Aruba im Jahre 1930. 8. Fresh- and brackish-water Amphipoda from Bonaire, Curacao and Aruba. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abteilung fur Systematik, Okologie und Geographie der Tiere.</em> 64 (3-5), 415-436; 8 figs. [details] Available for editors
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Other
additional source
Stock, J.H. (1977). The taxonomy and zoogeography of the Hadziid Amphipoda, with emphasis on the West Indian taxa. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 55(177): 1-130.
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Habitat hypogean: freshwater, brackish, marine [details]