Maera

Maera is a genus of amphipod crustacean in the family Maeridae, and was first described by William Elford Leach in 1814. The type taxon is Cancer (Gammarus) grossimanus Montagu, 1808, currently accepted as Maera grossimana (Montagu, 1808). Species The genus contains the following species as of October 2023: 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 References Maeridae Amphipod genera Taxa named by William Elford Leach Taxa described in 1814