@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix dct: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> .
@prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> .
@prefix dwc: <http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix d0: <http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/d0.owl#> .
@prefix dul: <http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/dul/DUL.owl#> .
@prefix skos-xl: <http://www.w3.org/2008/05/skos-xl#> .
@prefix top-level: <https://aphia.org/ns/top-level/> .
@prefix taxon-name: <https://aphia.org/ns/taxon-name/> .
@prefix td: <https://aphia.org/ns/distribution/> .
@prefix media: <https://aphia.org/ns/media/> .
@prefix tat: <https://aphia.org/ns/attribute-trait/> .
@prefix xsd: <https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .

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   rdfs:label "Melita Leach, 1814"^^xsd:string ;
   taxon-name:aphiaID "101679"^^xsd:integer ;
   dwc:scientificNameID "101679"^^xsd:integer, "urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101679"^^xsd:string ;
   taxon-name:scientificName "Melita"^^xsd:string ;
   taxon-name:authorship "Leach, 1814"^^xsd:string ;
   dwc:scientificNameAuthorship "Leach, 1814"^^xsd:string ;
   taxon-name:fullScientificName "Melita Leach, 1814"^^xsd:string ;
   skos-xl:literalForm "Melita Leach, 1814"^^xsd:string ;
   dwc:scientificName "Melita Leach, 1814"^^xsd:string ;
   dct:bibliographicCitation """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. (2026). World Amphipoda Database. Melita Leach, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101679 on 2026-06-19"""^^xsd:string ;
   dct:isPartOf <https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/632>, <https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/161>, <https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/3160>, <https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/540>, <https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/145>, <https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/3201>, <https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/4159>, <https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/5274>, <https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/2565>, <https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/3122>, <https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/3123>, <https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/536>, <https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/3731>, <https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/3174>, <https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/5271>, <https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/5273>, <https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/5276>, <https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/8131>, <https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/5816>, <https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/9018> ;
   taxon-name:hasStatus <https://aphia.org/ns/taxonomic-status#accepted> ;
   taxon-name:isOfRank <https://aphia.org/ns/rank#genus> ;
   dwc:taxonRank <https://aphia.org/ns/rank#genus> ;
   foaf:depiction <https://images.vliz.be/thumbs/70877_melita-palmata-male.jpg> ;
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   rdfs:seeAlso <http://www.godac.jamstec.go.jp/bismal/j/view/0004056>, <https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/data/view/Taxon:315597>, <https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=315597&lvl=0>, <https://www.univie.ac.at/arctictraits/taxonpage/2406>, <http://collections.peabody.yale.edu/search/Record/YPM-IZ-054038> ;
   taxon-name:denotes _:b0 .

_:b0 a taxon-name:Taxon, skos:Concept ;
   taxon-name:hasAcceptedName <https://aphia.org/id/taxname/101679> ;
   tat:hasHabitat <https://aphia.org/id/environment/marine> , <https://aphia.org/id/environment/fresh> , <https://aphia.org/id/environment/brackish> ;
   taxon-name:hasSynonymName <https://aphia.org/id/taxname/537196>, <https://aphia.org/id/taxname/537197>, <https://aphia.org/id/taxname/535953> ;
   media:isSubjectOf <https://aphia.org/id/image/70877> ;
   td:hasDistribution <https://aphia.org/id/distribution/903648> ;
   taxon-name:isDenotedBy <https://aphia.org/id/vernacular-name/65833> ;
   tat:hasAdditionalDescription <https://aphia.org/id/taxon-description/394293>, <https://aphia.org/id/taxon-description/394296>, <https://aphia.org/id/taxon-description/394299>, <https://aphia.org/id/taxon-description/2687300> ;
   taxon-name:hasParent _:b1 .

_:b1 a taxon-name:Taxon, skos-xl:Concept ;
   taxon-name:hasAcceptedName <https://aphia.org/id/taxname/1874168> .

<https://aphia.org/ns/taxonomic-status#accepted> a skos:Concept, taxon-name:Status ;
   skos:prefLabel "accepted"@en ;
   rdfs:label "accepted"@en ;
   skos:definition """Valid name (ICZN) or name considered to be taxonomically correct (ICBN)"""^^xsd:string ;
   dwc:taxonomicStatus <https://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/taxonomicStatus/accepted> ;
   dwc:nomenclaturalStatus <https://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/nomenclatural_status/valid> .


<https://aphia.org/ns/rank#genus> a skos:Concept, taxon-name:Rank ;
   skos:prefLabel "Genus"@en ;
   rdfs:label "Genus"@en .

<https://aphia.org/id/source/180025> a top-level:Source, dct:BibliographicResource ;
   dct:title """Crustaceology."""^^xsd:string ;
   dct:bibliographicCitation  """Leach, W.E. (1813 - 1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> :383-437."""^^xsd:string ;
   schema:isAccessibleForFree "1"^^xsd:boolean ;
   schema:datePublished "1813"^^xsd:gYear .

<https://aphia.org/id/source/19293> a top-level:Source, dct:BibliographicResource ;
   dct:title """A new stygobiont melitid amphipod from the Nullarbor Plain"""^^xsd:string ;
   dct:bibliographicCitation  """Bradbury J.H. & Eberhard S. (2000). A new stygobiont melitid amphipod from the Nullarbor Plain. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 20, 1, pp. 39-50;5 figs."""^^xsd:string ;
   schema:datePublished "2000"^^xsd:gYear .

<https://aphia.org/id/source/5766> a top-level:Source, dct:BibliographicResource ;
   dct:title """Studies in Laguna Amphipoda"""^^xsd:string ;
   dct:bibliographicCitation  """Stout, V. R. (1913). Studies in Laguna Amphipoda. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abteilung fur Systematik, Okologie und Geographie der Tiere.</em> 34: 633-659."""^^xsd:string ;
   schema:isAccessibleForFree "1"^^xsd:boolean ;
   schema:datePublished "1913"^^xsd:gYear .

<https://aphia.org/id/source/1324> a top-level:Source, dct:BibliographicResource ;
   dct:title """Amphipoda"""^^xsd:string ;
   dct:bibliographicCitation  """Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. <em>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.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308."""^^xsd:string ;
   dct:source  <https://marineinfo.org/id/publication/61275> ;
   schema:isAccessibleForFree "1"^^xsd:boolean ;
   schema:datePublished "2001"^^xsd:gYear .

<https://aphia.org/id/source/2930> a top-level:Source, dct:BibliographicResource ;
   dct:title """Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence."""^^xsd:string ;
   dct:bibliographicCitation  """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."""^^xsd:string ;
   dct:source  <https://marineinfo.org/id/publication/213868> ;
   schema:datePublished "1998"^^xsd:gYear .

<https://aphia.org/id/source/4181> a top-level:Source, dct:BibliographicResource ;
   dct:title """Nomenclator Zoologicus."""^^xsd:string ;
   dct:bibliographicCitation  """Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online."""^^xsd:string ;
   schema:datePublished "1939"^^xsd:gYear .

<https://aphia.org/id/source/132563> a top-level:Source, dct:BibliographicResource ;
   dct:title """Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin."""^^xsd:string ;
   dct:bibliographicCitation  """Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling,  J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho,  J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.)."""^^xsd:string ;
   schema:datePublished "2010"^^xsd:gYear .

<https://aphia.org/id/source/625> a top-level:Source, dct:BibliographicResource ;
   dct:title """British marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea"""^^xsd:string ;
   dct:bibliographicCitation  """Lincoln, R. J. (1979). British marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. <em>British Museum (Natural History).</em> 658 pp."""^^xsd:string ;
   dct:source  <https://marineinfo.org/id/publication/17631> ;
   schema:datePublished "1979"^^xsd:gYear .

<https://aphia.org/id/source/259055> a top-level:Source, dct:BibliographicResource ;
   dct:title """Melita mirzajanii n. sp. (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Melitidae), a puzzling new member of the Caspian fauna"""^^xsd:string ;
   dct:bibliographicCitation  """Krapp-Schickel, T. ; Sket, B. (2015). Melita mirzajanii n. sp. (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Melitidae), a puzzling new member of the Caspian fauna. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3948: 248-262."""^^xsd:string ;
   dct:source  <https://www.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3948.2.6> ;
   schema:datePublished "2015"^^xsd:gYear .

<https://aphia.org/id/source/559100> a top-level:Source, dct:BibliographicResource ;
   dct:title """One new species of Melita Leach, 1814 (Hadzioidea, Melitidae) from Gujarat State, India"""^^xsd:string ;
   dct:bibliographicCitation  """Thacker, D.; Myers, A. A.; Trivedi, J. N. (2025). One new species of Melita Leach, 1814 (Hadzioidea, Melitidae) from Gujarat State, India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5717(1): 127-137."""^^xsd:string ;
   dct:source  <https://www.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5717.1.8> ;
   schema:datePublished "2025"^^xsd:gYear .

<https://aphia.org/id/source/559296> a top-level:Source, dct:BibliographicResource ;
   dct:title """Black-And-White Disruptive Coloration May be Convergent: A New Species of Melita (Amphipoda: Melitidae) from Japan"""^^xsd:string ;
   dct:bibliographicCitation  """Tomikawa, K.; Yamato, S.; Ariyama, H. (2025). Black-And-White Disruptive Coloration May be Convergent: A New Species of Melita (Amphipoda: Melitidae) from Japan. <em>Zoological Science.</em> 42(6)."""^^xsd:string ;
   dct:source  <https://www.doi.org/10.2108/zs250074> ;
   schema:datePublished "2025"^^xsd:gYear .

<https://aphia.org/id/source/559297> a top-level:Source, dct:BibliographicResource ;
   dct:title """A new species of Melita Leach, 1814 (Amphipoda: Melitidae) from Marapendi Lagoon, Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil"""^^xsd:string ;
   dct:bibliographicCitation  """Queiroz, B.; Senna, A. R. (2026). A new species of Melita Leach, 1814 (Amphipoda: Melitidae) from Marapendi Lagoon, Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. <em>Nauplius.</em> 34."""^^xsd:string ;
   dct:source  <https://www.doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e20260571> ;
   schema:datePublished "2026"^^xsd:gYear .

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   dct:title """The Melitidae redefined and a review of the genera and species from the southern Indo-Pacific and South Atlantic Oceans (Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Hadzioidea, Melitidae)"""^^xsd:string ;
   dct:bibliographicCitation  """Springthorpe, R. T. (2026). The Melitidae redefined and a review of the genera and species from the southern Indo-Pacific and South Atlantic Oceans (Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Hadzioidea, Melitidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5765(1): 1-108."""^^xsd:string ;
   dct:source  <https://www.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5765.1.1> ;
   schema:datePublished "2026"^^xsd:gYear .


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   taxon-name:vernacularName "メリタヨコエビ"^^xsd:string ;
   dct:language <https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/jpn> ;
   dct:source <https://aphia.org/id/source/261686> .


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   rdfs:label "Melita palmata (male)"^^xsd:string ;
   dct:title "Melita palmata (male)"^^xsd:string ;
   dct:subject [
   a taxon-name:Taxon , skos:Concept ;
   taxon-name:isDenotedBy <https://aphia.org/id/taxname/102843>
   ] ;
   dct:rightsHolder <https://marineinfo.org/id/person/127> ;
   dct:license <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/> ;
   dct:format <https://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/file-type/JPEG> ;
   dct:description """Collected in 2011 at the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium at 51°21'3.15"N 3°13'10.63"E.
Focus stack of 27 pictures."""^^xsd:string ;
   dct:created "2013-03-04 11:39:10.890"^^xsd:dateTime ;
   schema:contentUrl <https://images.vliz.be/thumbs/70877_melita-palmata-male.jpg> .

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   rdfs:label "Distribution for Nurina Bradbury & Eberhard, 2000 - Australia"@en ;
   td:isDistributionOf [
   a taxon-name:Taxon, skos:Concept ;
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   ] ;
   td:hasArea <https://marineregions.org/mrgid/2147> ;
   dwc:locality <https://marineregions.org/mrgid/2147> .

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