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| Ameira | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Harpacticoida |
| Family: | Ameiridae |
| Genus: | Ameira Boeck, 1865 |
| Type species | |
| Ameira longipes Boeck, 1865[1] | |
Ameira is a genus of crustaceans in the family Ameiridae belonging to the order Harpacticoida,[1] and was first described in 1865 by Jonas Axel Boeck.[1][2] The type species is Ameira longipes.[1][2]
Species
[edit]Species accepted by WoRMS[1] are:
- Ameira bathyalis Becker & Schriever, 1979
- Ameira breviremis Brady, 1905
- Ameira confluens Ranga Reddy, 1984
- Ameira curticornis Brady & Robertson, 1876
- Ameira curviseta Willey, 1929
- Ameira divergens Nicholls, 1939
- Ameira exigua Scott T., 1894
- Ameira faroerensis Schriever, 1982
- Ameira gracilimana (Giesbrecht, 1902)
- Ameira grandis Nicholls, 1939
- Ameira kimchi Karanovic & Cho, 2012
- Ameira listensis Mielke, 1973
- Ameira littoralis Nicholls, 1939
- Ameira longipes Boeck, 1865
- Ameira longispina Gee, 2009
- Ameira mediterranea Kunz, 1975
- Ameira minor Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903
- Ameira minuta Boeck, 1865
- Ameira nana Willey, 1935
- Ameira parascotti Chislenko, 1977
- Ameira parvula (Claus, 1866)
- Ameira parvuloides Lang, 1965
- Ameira pusilla Scott T., 1903
- Ameira reducta Petkovski, 1954
- Ameira scotti Sars G.O., 1911
- Ameira sibogae Scott A., 1909
- Ameira simulans Scott T., 1912
- Ameira speciosa Monard, 1935
- Ameira spinipes Nicholls, 1939
- Ameira tenuicornis Scott T., 1902
- Ameira trisetosa Krishnaswamy, 1957
- Ameira usitata Klie, 1950
- Ameira venthami Yildiz & Karaytuğ, 2024
- Ameira wellsi Yildiz & Karaytuğ, 2024
- Ameira zahaae Karanovic & Cho, 2012
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ameira Boeck, 1865". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026-02-07.
- 1 2 Boeck, A. (1865) Oversigt over de ved Norges Kyster jagttagne Copepoder henhorende til Calanidernes, Cyclopidernes og Harpactidernes Familier. [Overview of the Copepods hunted on the coast of Norway belonging to the families Calanoidae, Cyclopoidae and Harpacticodidae.]. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania. 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865].