Deep-Sea taxon details
Maera Leach, 1814
101675 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101675)
accepted
Genus
- Species Maera grossimana (Montagu, 1808)
- Species Maera hirondellei Chevreux, 1900
- Species Maera loveni (Bruzelius, 1859)
- Species Maera tenera G.O. Sars, 1885
- Species Maera inaequipes (A. Costa in Hope, 1851) accepted as Quadrimaera inaequipes (A. Costa in Hope, 1851)
- Species Maera mastersii (Haswell, 1879) accepted as Austromaera mastersii (Haswell, 1879) (superseded combination)
- Species Maera othonis (H. Milne Edwards, 1830) accepted as Othomaera othonis (H. Milne Edwards, 1830)
- Species Maera schmidtii Stephensen, 1915 accepted as Othomaera schmidtii (Stephensen, 1915)
marine
recent only
Leach, W.E. (1813 - 1815). Crustaceology. <em>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].</em> :383-437., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640
page(s): 403 [details]
page(s): 403 [details]
Note Cancer grossimanus Montagu, 1808, monotypy
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Type species Cancer grossimanus Montagu, 1808, monotypy [details]
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-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.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Maera Leach, 1814. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101675 on 2026-10-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Maera Leach, 1814. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101675 on 2026-10-10
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original description
Leach, W.E. (1813 - 1815). Crustaceology. <em>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].</em> :383-437., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640
page(s): 403 [details]
taxonomy source Krapp-Schickel, T. 2008. What has happened with the Maera-clade (Crustacea, Amphipoda) during the last decades? Bolletino del Museo di Storia Naturale di Verona, 32, Botanica Zoologia: 3-32. [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Krapp-schickel, T.; Ruffo, S. (2000). The Maera quadrimana - complex (Crustacea Amphipoda, Melitidae) demands a new concept: Quadrimaera n. gen. (with description of three new species from Western Atlantic). <em>Bolletino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona.</em> 24: 193-214; 10 figs. [details] Available for editors
context source (WoRCS) Navarro-Barranco, C.; Martínez, A.; Sempere-Valverde, J.; Chebaane, S.; Digenis, M.; Plaitis, W.; Voultsiadou, E.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2023). Amphipods in Mediterranean Marine and Anchialine Caves: New Data and Overview of Existing Knowledge. <em>Diversity.</em> 15(12): 1180., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/12/1180 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 403 [details]
taxonomy source Krapp-Schickel, T. 2008. What has happened with the Maera-clade (Crustacea, Amphipoda) during the last decades? Bolletino del Museo di Storia Naturale di Verona, 32, Botanica Zoologia: 3-32. [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Krapp-schickel, T.; Ruffo, S. (2000). The Maera quadrimana - complex (Crustacea Amphipoda, Melitidae) demands a new concept: Quadrimaera n. gen. (with description of three new species from Western Atlantic). <em>Bolletino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona.</em> 24: 193-214; 10 figs. [details] Available for editors
context source (WoRCS) Navarro-Barranco, C.; Martínez, A.; Sempere-Valverde, J.; Chebaane, S.; Digenis, M.; Plaitis, W.; Voultsiadou, E.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2023). Amphipods in Mediterranean Marine and Anchialine Caves: New Data and Overview of Existing Knowledge. <em>Diversity.</em> 15(12): 1180., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/12/1180 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Editor's comment Leach's original spelling is 'MAERA', which in the original capitalisation is clear. However, where it appears in lower case it appears to be spelled 'Moera'Care must be taken with ae and oe ligatures æ and œ. These are often misinterpreted characters, both ligatures may look extremely similar in Times italics. This has led to many misinterpretations and misspellings of Maera and Moera in older literature. All original names are added to WoRMS as Maera.
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Type species Cancer grossimanus Montagu, 1808, monotypy [details]
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Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | スンナリヨコエビ属 | [details] |
