Maera (crustacean)

Maera
	Maera danae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Amphipoda
Family:	Maeridae
Genus:	Maera; Leach, 1814
Synonyms
	Leptothoe Stimpson, 1853

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]

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

^ "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).
^ Jump up to: ^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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[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).

[WoRMS_2023-3] Jump up to: ^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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