Ameira

Ameira
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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

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

  1. ^ a b c d e "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ameira Boeck, 1865". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026-02-07.
  2. ^ a b 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].