IMIS | Lifewatch regional portal

You are here

IMIS

[ report an error in this record ]basket (0): add | show Print this page

First record of the North American amphipod Melita nitida Smith, 1873 in Polish coastal waters
Normant-Saremba, M.; Marszewska, L.; Kerckhof, F. (2017). First record of the North American amphipod Melita nitida Smith, 1873 in Polish coastal waters. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies 46(1): 108-115. https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2017-0011
In: Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies. Institute of Oceanography: Gdynia. ISSN 1730-413X; e-ISSN 1897-3191, more
Peer reviewed article  

Available in  Authors | Dataset 

Keywords
    New records
    Taxa > Species > Introduced species
    Melita nitida S.I. Smith in Verrill & Smith, 1874 [WoRMS]
    ANE, Baltic, Gdansk Gulf [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    non-indigenous species; introduced species; Melitidae; Gulf of Gdansk;southern Baltic Sea

Authors  Top | Dataset 
  • Normant-Saremba, M.
  • Marszewska, L.
  • Kerckhof, F., more

Abstract
    The present paper reports the first observation of the North American amphipod Melita nitida Smith, 1873 in the Gulf of Gdańsk (the southern Baltic Sea, Poland). In 2014, 13 adult specimens, including 3 males, were collected in the Port of Gdynia, which is located in the western part of this waterbody.

Dataset
  • NISES: Non-indigenous (NIS) and cryptogenic species in European regional seas and adjacent areas, more

All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy Top | Authors | Dataset