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ERMS taxon details

Jaera Leach, 1814

AphiaID

118364 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118364)

Classification

Status

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Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Jaera albifrons Leach, 1814 represented as Jaera (Jaera) albifrons Leach, 1814 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Janiridae G. O. Sars, 1897

Original name

Jaera Leach, 1814

Synonymised names

Jaera (Metajaera) Verhoeff, 1943 · unaccepted > unavailable name (no type species selected)

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Subgenus Jaera (Jaera) Leach, 1814
1. Species Jaera (Jaera) albifrons Leach, 1814
2. Species Jaera (Jaera) bocqueti Veuille & Kocatas, 1979
3. Species Jaera (Jaera) forsmani Bocquet, 1950
4. Species Jaera (Jaera) ischiosetosa Forsman, 1949
5. Species Jaera (Jaera) istri Veuille, 1979
6. Species Jaera (Jaera) italica Kesselyák, 1938
7. Species Jaera (Jaera) nordica Lemercier, 1958
8. Species Jaera (Jaera) nordmanni (Rathke, 1836)
9. Species Jaera (Jaera) petiti Schulz, 1953
10. Species Jaera (Jaera) praehirsuta Forsman, 1949
11. Species Jaera (Jaera) sarsi Valkanov, 1936
12. Species Jaera (Jaera) schellenbergi Kesselyák, 1938
13. Species Jaera (Jaera) sorrentina Verhoeff, 1943
14. Species Jaera (Jaera) syei Bocquet, 1950
Species Jaera hopeana Costa, 1853
Subgenus Jaera (Metajaera) Verhoeff, 1943 accepted as Jaera Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > unavailable name, no type species selected)
1. Species Jaera (Metajaera) hopeana Costa, 1853 accepted as Jaera hopeana Costa, 1853 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Jaera albifrons Leach, 1814 represented as Jaera (Jaera) albifrons Leach, 1814
Species Jaera bocqueti Veuille & Kocatas, 1979 represented as Jaera (Jaera) bocqueti Veuille & Kocatas, 1979
Species Jaera forsmani Bocquet, 1950 represented as Jaera (Jaera) forsmani Bocquet, 1950
Species Jaera ischiosetosa Forsman, 1949 represented as Jaera (Jaera) ischiosetosa Forsman, 1949
Species Jaera istri Veuille, 1979 represented as Jaera (Jaera) istri Veuille, 1979
Species Jaera italica Kesselyák, 1938 represented as Jaera (Jaera) italica Kesselyák, 1938
Species Jaera nordica Lemercier, 1958 represented as Jaera (Jaera) nordica Lemercier, 1958
Species Jaera nordmanni (Rathke, 1836) represented as Jaera (Jaera) nordmanni (Rathke, 1836)
Species Jaera petiti Schulz, 1953 represented as Jaera (Jaera) petiti Schulz, 1953
Species Jaera praehirsuta Forsman, 1949 represented as Jaera (Jaera) praehirsuta Forsman, 1949
Species Jaera sarsi Valkanov, 1936 represented as Jaera (Jaera) sarsi Valkanov, 1936
Species Jaera schellenbergi Kesselyák, 1938 represented as Jaera (Jaera) schellenbergi Kesselyák, 1938
Species Jaera sorrentina Verhoeff, 1943 represented as Jaera (Jaera) sorrentina Verhoeff, 1943
Species Jaera syei Bocquet, 1950 represented as Jaera (Jaera) syei Bocquet, 1950

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Leach, W.E. (1813-1815). Crustaceology. In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Boyko, C.B.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Jaera Leach, 1814. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=118364 on 2025-05-05

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Jaera Leach, 1814. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118364 on 2025-05-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2019-06-24 11:44:12Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2023-03-26 23:10:08Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

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original description Leach, W.E. (1813-1815). Crustaceology. In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640 [details]

original description (of Jaera (Metajaera) Verhoeff, 1943) Verhoeff, K. W. (1943). Zur Morphologie, Ökologie und Systematik von Sphaeroma, Europosphaera und Jaera (85. Isopoden-Aufsatz). Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Ökologie der Tiere. 40: 276-290. [details] Available for editors

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, 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. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]

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