WoRMS taxon details
Maeropsis Chevreux, 1920
101677 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101677)
accepted
Genus
Maeropsis perrieri Chevreux, 1920 (type by monotypy)
- Species Maeropsis cobia Krapp-Schickel, 2009
- Species Maeropsis griffini (Berents, 1983)
- Species Maeropsis okinawensis Ariyama, 2018
- Species Maeropsis paphavasitae Wongkamhaeng, Coleman & Pholpunthin, 2013
- Species Maeropsis perrieri Chevreux, 1920
- Species Maeropsis rathbunae (Pearse, 1908)
- Species Maeropsis revelata (Krapp-Schickel, Martì & Ruffo, 1996)
- Species Maeropsis serratipalma (Nagata, 1965)
- Species Maeropsis thetis (Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005)
- Species Maeropsis brevispina (Kim & Kim, 1991) accepted as Orientomaera brevispina (Kim & Kim, 1991) (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Chevreux E. (1919). Note preliminaire sur les amphipodes recueillis par les expeditions du "Travailleur" et du "Talisman" (1880-1883). <em>Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 25, 7, 574-580., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.7932 [details] 
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-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.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2026). World Amphipoda Database. Maeropsis Chevreux, 1920. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101677 on 2026-05-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Chevreux E. (1919). Note preliminaire sur les amphipodes recueillis par les expeditions du "Travailleur" et du "Talisman" (1880-1883). <em>Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 25, 7, 574-580., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.7932 [details]
basis of record Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. <em>in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. <em>in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Ariyama, H. (2018). Species of the Maera-clade collected from Japan. Part 1: genera Maeropsis Chevreux, 1919 and Orientomaera gen. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Maeridae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4433(2): 201., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4433.2.1
page(s): 217; note: Key to adult males [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 217; note: Key to adult males [details] Available for editors
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context source (WoRCS)
Navarro-Barranco, C.; Martínez, A.; Sempere-Valverde, J.; Chebaane, S.; Digenis, M.; Plaitis, W.; Voultsiadou, E.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2023). Amphipods in Mediterranean Marine and Anchialine Caves: New Data and Overview of Existing Knowledge. <em>Diversity.</em> 15(12): 1180., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/12/1180 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hughes, L. E. (2015). Maeridae from the Indo-Pacific: <em>Elasmopus</em>, <em>Leeuwinella</em> gen. nov., <em>Maeropsis</em>, <em>Pseudelasmopus</em> and <em>Quadrimaera</em> (Amphipoda: Crustacea). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4059(2): 201., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4059.2.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Hughes, L. E. (2015). Maeridae from the Indo-Pacific: <em>Elasmopus</em>, <em>Leeuwinella</em> gen. nov., <em>Maeropsis</em>, <em>Pseudelasmopus</em> and <em>Quadrimaera</em> (Amphipoda: Crustacea). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4059(2): 201., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4059.2.1 [details] Available for editors
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