Maera (crustacean)
Genus of amphipod crustaceans
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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  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Maeridae |
| Genus: | Maera Leach, 1814 |
| Synonyms | |
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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
