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 | |
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| Maera danae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Maeridae |
| Genus: | Maera Leach, 1814 |
| Synonyms | |
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Leptothoe Stimpson, 1853 | |
Species edit
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 edit
- ^ "Maera Leach, 1814". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
- ^ 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).
- ^ a b 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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