Maera (crustacean)

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Maera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Maeridae
Genus: Maera
Leach, 1814
Synonyms

Leptothoe Stimpson, 1853

Maera is a genus of crustacean in the family Maeridae, and was first described by William Elford Leach in 1814. [1] [2] It consists of the following species: [3]

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References

  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).
  3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Maera Leach, 1814". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-06-15.