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Maera Leach, 1814 
AphiaID: 101675

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Amphipoda (Order) > Senticaudata (Suborder) > Hadziida (Infraorder) > Hadziidira (Parvorder) > Hadzioidea (Superfamily) > Maeridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Maeridae Krapp-Schickel, 2008
Sources  basis of record: Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda, 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. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 295-308 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.; White, R. (Ed.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-538-0. 463 pp. [details]

additional source: Fenwick, G.D. (2009). Amphipoda (Crustacea). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Maera anoculata Rabindranath, 1983
Species Maera ariadne Krapp, Marti & Ruffo, 1996
Species Maera aurora Krapp, Marti & Ruffo, 1996
Species Maera boecki (Haswell, 1879)
Species Maera bousfieldi Krapp-Schickel & Jarrett, 2000
Species Maera danae Stimpson, 1853
Species Maera diffidentia (J. L. Barnard, 1969)
Species Maera edwardsi Chevreux, 1920
Species Maera fusca (Bate, 1864)
Species Maera grossimana (Montagu, 1808)
Species Maera hirondellei Chevreux, 1900
Species Maera inaequipes (Costa, 1857)
Species Maera jerrica Krapp-Schickel & Jarrett, 2000
Species Maera lacertosa Mateus & Mateus, 1991
Species Maera loveni (Bruzelius, 1859)
Species Maera lucinae Krapp-Schickel, 2004
Species Maera nelsonae Krapp-Schickel & Jarrett, 2000
Species Maera pachytelson Karaman & Ruffo, 1971
Species Maera revelata Krapp, Marti & Ruffo, 1996
Species Maera schieckei Karaman & Ruffo, 1971
Species Maera schmidti Stephensen, 1915
Species Maera simile Stout, 1913
Species Maera sodalis Karaman & Ruffo, 1971
Species Maera stocki Mateus & Mateus, 1991
Species Maera tenera Sars, 1885

Species Maera aspera (Dana, 1852) (nomen dubium)
Species Maera carnu (Stephensen, 1927) (nomen dubium)
Species Maera diversimanus Miers, 1884 (nomen dubium)
Species Maera excavata Mateus & Mateus, 1986 (nomen dubium)
Species Maera furcicornis (Dana, 1852) (nomen dubium)
Species Maera indica (Dana, 1853) (nomen dubium)
Species Maera kurgensis (Gerstfeldt, 1858) (nomen dubium)
Species Maera leopoldina Mateus & Mateus, 1986 (nomen dubium)
Species Maera pubescens (Dana, 1852) (nomen dubium)
Species Maera vagans K.H. Barnard, 1940 (nomen dubium)

Species Maera aequimana Ledoyer, 1979 accepted as Zygomaera aequimana (Ledoyer, 1979)
Species Maera atlantica Mateus, 1986 accepted as Quadrimaera ascensionis (K.H. Barnard, 1932)
Species Maera boecki accepted as Linguimaera boecki (Haswell, 1879)
Species Maera brevicaudata Ledoyer, 1984 accepted as Austromaera brevicaudata (Ledoyer, 1984)
Species Maera brevicaudata accepted as Elasmopus rapax Costa, 1853
Species Maera bruzelii Stebbing, 1888 accepted as Austromaera bruzelii (Stebbing, 1888)
Species Maera caroliniana Bynum & Fox, 1977 accepted as Meximaera diffidentia J.L. Barnard, 1969
Species Maera confervicolus Stimpson, 1856 accepted as Eogammarus confervicolus (Stimpson, 1856)
Species Maera dubia Calman, 1898 accepted as Maera danae Stimpson, 1853
Species Maera eugeniae Schellenberg, 1931 accepted as Zygomaera eugeniae (Schellenberg, 1931)
Species Maera griffini Berents, 1983 accepted as Maeropsis griffini (Berents, 1983)
Species Maera hamigera Haswell, 1880 accepted as Hamimaera hamigera (Haswell, 1879)
Species Maera inaequipes accepted as Quadrimaera reishi (J.L. Barnard, 1979)
Species Maera incerta Chilton, 1883 accepted as Quadrimaera incerta (Chilton, 1883)
Species Maera insignis accepted as Mallacoota insignis (Chevreux, 1901)
Species Maera kaiulani J.L. Barnard, 1970 accepted as Quadrimaera pacifica (Schellenberg, 1938)
Species Maera knudseni Reid, 1951 accepted as Othomaera knudseni (Reid, 1951)
Species Maera komma Griffiths, 1975 accepted as Othomaera komma (Griffiths, 1975)
Species Maera latibrachioides Sivaprakasam, 1969 accepted as Mallacoota latibrachioides (Sivaprakasam, 1969)
Species Maera latibrachium accepted as Mallacoota latibrachium (Walker, 1905)
Species Maera lindsae Myers, 1989 accepted as Glossomaera lindsae (Myers, 1989)
Species Maera longimana (Bate, 1857) accepted as Othomaera othonis (Milne-Edwards, 1830)
Species Maera lupana J.L. Barnard, 1969 accepted as Lupimaera lupana (J.L. Barnard, 1969)
Species Maera mannarensis accepted as Linguimaera mannarensis (Sivaprakasam, 1968)
Species Maera mastersi (Haswell, 1880) accepted as Austromaera mastersii (Haswell, 1879)
Species Maera mooreana Myers, 1989 accepted as Meximaera mooreana (Myers, 1989)
Species Maera multispinosa Ledoyer, 1983 accepted as Ceradomaera plumosa Ledoyer, 1973
Species Maera octodens Sivaprakasam, 1968 accepted as Glossomaera octodens (Sivaprakasam, 1968)
Species Maera othonides Walker, 1904 accepted as Ceradomaera plumosa Ledoyer, 1973
Species Maera othonis (Milne-Edwards, 1830) accepted as Othomaera othonis (Milne-Edwards, 1830)
Species Maera othonopsis Schellenberg, 1938 accepted as Hamimaera othonopsis (Schellenberg, 1938)
Species Maera pacifica Schellenberg, 1938 accepted as Quadrimaera pacifica (Schellenberg, 1938)
Species Maera pocillimanus Bate, 1862 accepted as Elasmopus pocillimanus (Bate, 1862)
Species Maera prionochira Bruggen, 1907 accepted as Maera danae Stimpson, 1853
Species Maera pseudomarginata Ledoyer, 1983 accepted as Zygomaera aequimana (Ledoyer, 1979)
Species Maera quadrimana Schellenberg, 1938 accepted as Quadrimaera quadrimana (Dana, 1852)
Species Maera reishi J.L. Barnard, 1979 accepted as Quadrimaera reishi (J.L. Barnard, 1979)
Species Maera semiserratus accepted as Ceradocus semiserratus (Bate, 1862) accepted as Animoceradocus semiserratus (Bate, 1862)
Species Maera serrata Schellenberg, 1938 accepted as Quadrimaera serrata (Schellenberg, 1938)
Species Maera serratipalma Nagata, 1965 accepted as Maeropsis serratipalma (Nagata, 1965) accepted as Maeropsis cobia Krapp-Schickel, 2009
Species Maera sokotrae Sivaprakasam, 1968 accepted as Mallacoota sokotrae (Walker & Scott, 1903)
Species Maera subcarinata Haswell, 1880 accepted as Mallacoota subcarinata (Haswell, 1879)
Species Maera tenella (Dana, 1852) accepted as Quadrimaera serrata (Schellenberg, 1938)
Species Maera tenuimana accepted as Maerella tenuimana (Bate, 1862)
Species Maera tinkerensis Kunkel, 1910 accepted as Clessidra tinkerensis (Kunkel, 1910)
Species Maera tulearensis Ledoyer, 1972 accepted as Meximaera tulearensis (Ledoyer, 1972)
Species Maera williamsi Bynum & Fox, 1977 accepted as Ruffomaera williamsi (Bynum & Fox, 1977)
Environment marine
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details]
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Notes  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Type species: Cancer grossimanus Montagu, 1808, monotypy [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101675
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan-Santini, Denise
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  checked  Costello, Mark
2010-10-11 12:31:08Z  changed  Lowry, Jim
  
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  Citation: Lowry, J.; Costello, M.; Bellan-Santini, D. (2013). Maera Leach, 1814. In: Lowry, J. (2013) World Amphipoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101675 on 2013-05-21
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