Eusirus

Eusirus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Amphipoda
Family:	Eusiridae
Genus:	Eusirus ; Krøyer, 1845

Last updated May 26, 2025

Eusirus is a genus of amphipods belonging to the family Eusiridae.^[1] The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.^[1] Within the genus Eusirus sexual dimorphism is weak, therefore identifying the sex of non-adult individuals is difficult.^[2]

Species

The following species are recognised:^[3]

Eusirus abyssi Stephensen, 1944
Eusirus antarcticus Thomson, 1880
Eusirus bathybius Schellenberg, 1955
Eusirus biscayensis Bonnier, 1896
Eusirus bonnieri Othaitz & Sorbe, 2020
Eusirus bouvieri Chevreux, 1911
Eusirus bulbodigitus Jung, Kim, Soh & Yoon, 2016
Eusirus columbianus Bousfield & Hendrycks, 1995
Eusirus crosnieri Ledoyer, 1978
Eusirus cuspidatus Krøyer, 1845
Eusirus fragilis Birstein & M. Vinogradov, 1960
Eusirus giganteus Andres, Lörz & Brandt, 2002
Eusirus hirayamai Bousfield & Hendrycks, 1995
Eusirus holmii Hansen, 1887
Eusirus laevis Walker, 1903
Eusirus laticarpus Chevreux, 1906
Eusirus latirostris Ledoyer, 1982
Eusirus leptocarpus G.O. Sars, 1893
Eusirus liui Wang, Sha & Ren, 2021
Eusirus longipes Boeck, 1861
Eusirus meteorae Andres, 1996
Eusirus microps Walker, 1906
Eusirus minutus G.O. Sars, 1893
Eusirus nevandis J.L. Barnard, 1961
Eusirus parvus Pirlot, 1934
Eusirus perdentatus Chevreux, 1912
Eusirus pontomedon Verheye & d'Udekem d'Acoz, 2020
Eusirus propeperdentatus Andres, 1979
Eusirus propinqvus G.O. Sars, 1893
Eusirus tjalfiensis Stephensen, 1912
Eusirus tridentatus Bellan-Santini & Ledoyer, 1974

References

1 2 "Eusirus Krøyer, 1845". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
↑ Marie L Verheye , Cédric D’Udekem D’Acoz, Integrative taxonomy of giant crested Eusirus in the Southern Ocean, including the description of a new species (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Eusiridae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 193, Issue 1, September 2021, Pages 31–77, doi : 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa141
↑ "Eusirus Krøyer, 1845". World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). 2023-06-18. Retrieved 2023-06-18.

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[GBIF-1] 1 2 "Eusirus Krøyer, 1845". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[2] Marie L Verheye , Cédric D’Udekem D’Acoz, Integrative taxonomy of giant crested Eusirus in the Southern Ocean, including the description of a new species (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Eusiridae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 193, Issue 1, September 2021, Pages 31–77, doi : 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa141

[3] "Eusirus Krøyer, 1845". World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). 2023-06-18. Retrieved 2023-06-18.

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