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Jassa falcata (Montagu, 1808) AphiaID: 102431 MOTTLED TUBE-MAKER Senticaudata (Subordem) > Corophiida (Infraordem) > Caprellidira (Parvordem) Fredrik Pleijel - mugga.se, via beachexplorer.org Martina Wendler, via beachexplorer.org Sinónimos Cancer (Gammarus) falcatus Montagu, 1808 Cerapus falcata Montagu Jassa dentex Czerniasvki, 1868 Jassa pulchella Leach, 1814 Podocerus falcatus (Montagu, 1808) Podocerus falcatus (Montagu, 1808) Referências additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source Faasse, M.; Van Moorsel, G. (2000). Nieuwe en minder bekende vlokreeftjes van sublitorale harde bodems in het Deltagebied (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Gammaridea) [New and lesser- known amphipods of hard substrates in the Delta area of the Netherlands (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Gammaridea)]. Ned. Faunist. Meded. 11: 19-44 [details] 1 basis of record Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. [details] additional source De Broyer, Claude. Checklist of Antarctic Amphipoda. [details] additional source Bachelet, G.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Sorbe, J.C. (2003). An updated checklist of marine and brackish water Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the southern Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic). Cah. Biol. Mar. 44(2): 121-151 [details] additional source Griffiths, C. L. (1974). The Amphipoda of Southern Africa. 4. The Gammaridea and Caprellidea of the Cape Province East of Cape Agulhas. Annals of the South African Museum. 65: 251-336. [details] additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] additional source Bousfield, E. L. (1973). Shallow-water gammaridean Amphipoda of New England. Cornell University Press, Ithaca. 312 pp.[details] context source (Schelde) Janssen, C.R.; Ghekiere, A.; Verslycke, T.; Vincx, M.; Fockedey, N.; Rappé, K.; De Brabander, H.; Noppe, H.; Roose, P.; Monteyne, E.; Vethaak, D.; Mees, J.; Deneudt, K. (2007). Endocrine disruption in the Scheldt estuary distribution, exposure and effects (ENDIS-RISKS). Final report. Belgian Science Policy: Brussels. 106 pp.[details] context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring at long-term monitoring stations in the Belgian part of the North Sea from 2001 on. [details] additional source Conlan, K. E.; Desiderato, A.; Beermann, J. (2021). Jassa (Crustacea: Amphipoda): a new morphological and molecular assessment of the genus. Zootaxa. 4939(1): 1-191., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4939.1.1 [details] Última atualização: 07 Dez. 2017 2.

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