Maera (crustacean)

Maera is a genus of amphipod crustacean in the family Maeridae, and was first described by William Elford Leach in 1814.[1][2] The type taxon is Cancer (Gammarus) grossimanus Montagu, 1808, currently accepted as Maera grossimana (Montagu, 1808).[3]

Maera
Maera danae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Maeridae
Genus: Maera
Leach, 1814
Synonyms

Leptothoe Stimpson, 1853

Species

The genus contains the following species as of October 2023:[3]

  • Maera anoculata Rabindranath, 1983
  • Maera bousfieldi Krapp-Schickel & Jarrett, 2000
  • Maera danae (Stimpson, 1853)
  • Maera denticoxa Ariyama, Kodama & Tomikawa, 2020
  • Maera edwardsi Chevreux, 1920
  • Maera fusca Spence Bate, 1864
  • Maera grossimana (Montagu, 1808)
  • Maera hirondellei Chevreux, 1900
  • Maera irregularis Myers & Nithyanandan, 2016
  • Maera jerrica Krapp-Schickel & Jarrett, 2000
  • Maera loveni (Bruzelius, 1859)
  • Maera lucinae Krapp-Schickel, 2004
  • Maera nelsonae Krapp-Schickel & Jarrett, 2000
  • Maera pachytelson Karaman & Ruffo, 1971
  • Maera sagamiensis Ariyama, 2020
  • Maera schieckei Karaman & Ruffo, 1971
  • Maera similis Stout, 1913
  • Maera sodalis Karaman & Ruffo, 1971
  • Maera spinimana Ren, 2012
  • Maera tenera Sars, 1885
  • Maera umarae García-Madrigal, 2010

References
  1. "Maera Leach, 1814". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  2. Leach, W.E. Crustaceology. 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]. (1813-1815).
  3. Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copila?-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.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2023). World Amphipoda Database. Maera Leach, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101675 on 2023-10-27


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