Maera is a genus of amphipod crustacean in the family Maeridae, and was first described by William Elford Leach in 1814.Leach, W.E. Crustaceology. In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 , 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 , 9(1): Pl. CCXXI . (1813-1815). The type taxon is Cancer (Gammarus) grossimanus Montagu, 1808, currently accepted as Maera grossimana (Montagu, 1808). Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copila?-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.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2023). World Amphipoda Database. Maera Leach, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101675 on 2023-10-27
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
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