AMEIRIDAE Monard, 1927, emend. Lang, 1936


AMEIRA Boeck, 1865

The genus Ameira Boeck, 1865 is represented by 40 species and 4 subspecies (Wells 2007, Gee 2009, Karanovic & Cho 2012).

  • Ameira ambigua Scott T., 1903 (=Ameira minuta Boeck, 1865, synonym according to Lang (1948)
  • Ameira atlantica Noodt, 1958 [Canary Islands; marine coastal watres]
  • Ameira atlantica f. mediterranea Kunz, 1975 [France; coastal sea waters] (syn.A. mediterranea Kunz, 1974 )
  • Ameira bathyalis Becker & Schriever, 1979 [Helgoland?; ?]
  • Ameira bengalensis Rao & Ganapati, 1969 [India;marine interstitial] (=Glabrameira bengalensis (Rao & Ganapati, 1969)
  • Ameira brevipes Kunz, 1954 (= Filexilia brevipes (Kunz, 1954)
  • Ameira brevipes pontica Apostolov, 1969
  • Ameira breviremis Brady, 1905
  • Ameira confluens Ranga Reddy, 1984 [India; lakes] *
  • Ameira curticornis Brady & Robertson, 1876
  • Ameira curviseta Willey, 1929
  • Ameira divagans divagans Nicholls, 1940 [St. Lawrence; marine]
  • Ameira divagans f. africana Kunz, 1963 [Africa; marine sand]
  • Ameira divagans f. pontica Marinov, 1973 [Black Sea]
  • Ameira divergens Nicholls, 1939
  • Ameira exigua Scott T., 1894
  • Ameira faroensis Schriever, 1982 [north Atlantic]
  • Ameira gracilimana (Giesbrecht, 1902)
  • Ameira grandis Nicholls, 1939
  • Ameira kimchi Karanovic & Cho, 2012 [Korea; marine intertidal]
  • Ameira listensis Mielke, 1973 [North Sea]
  • Ameira littoralis Nicholls, 1939
  • Ameira longipes Boeck, 1865 [Europe, Canada, Tunisia; marine, brackish waters, lagoons, tidal pools]
  • Ameira longispina Gee, 2009 [Isles of Scilly, UK]
  • Ameira lusitanica Galhano, 1970 [Portugal; marine interstitial] ( incertae sedis accoring to Yildiz & Karaytug, 2024
  • Ameira minor Lang, 1948
  • Ameira minuta Boeck, 1865
  • Ameira nana Willey, 1935 (synonym Ameira parvula nana sensu Willey, 1935
  • Ameira parascotti Chislenko, 1977 [Franz Josef Land; sponges associated]
  • Ameira parvula (Claus, 1866) [cosmopolitan; marine coastal waters] (=Amphiascus parvulus (Claus, 1866)
  • Ameira parvula f. nana Willey, 1935 [France; marine sand]
  • Ameira parvula f. tenuiseta Willey
  • Ameira parvuloides Lang, 1965 [USA; marine sand, tidal pools]
  • Ameira pusilla Scott T., 1903
  • Ameira reducta Petkovski, 1954 [Bulgaria; marine coastal waters]
  • Ameira scotti scotti Sars, 1911 [Europe, Africa, Brazil; marine, anchialine caves] **
  • Ameira scotti var. brevicornis Monard, 1926 [Europe; marine]
  • Ameira scotti brasiliensis Jakobi, 1954
  • Ameira sibogae Scott A., 1909
  • Ameira simulans Scott T., 1912
  • Ameira speciosa Lang, 1948
  • Ameira spinipes Nicholls, 1940 [St. Lawrence; marine]
  • Ameira tenella Sars, 1907 [Ireland, Norway; marine] (=Filexilia attenuata (Thompson I.C., 1893)
  • Ameira tenuicornis T. Scott, 1902 [north Europe, USA; marine sand, amongst algae]
  • Ameira trisetosa Krishnaswamy, 1957
  • Ameira usitata Klie, 1950 [Helgoland; marine sand]
  • Ameira venthami Yildiz & S. Karaytug 2024
  • Ameira zahaae Karanovic & Cho, 2012 [Korea; marine intertidal]
  • Ameira wellsi Yildizi & Karaytug 2024

    * Probably belonging to a new genus according to Conroy-Dalton & Huys (1996)

    ** synonym: Ameira scotti brasiliensis Jakobi, 1954 (Lang, 1965)


    QUESTIONABLE SPECIES: A. brevipes Kunz, 1954 sensu Apostolov (1977) , A. brevis pontica Apostolov, 1969; A. curviseta Lang, 1965; A. marina (Jaschnov, 1935): A. scotti ssp. brasiliensis Jakobi, 1954; A. minor, Lang, 1965; A. minuta Boeck sensu Wiborg, 1964; A. pusilla, Lang, 1965; A. sibogae Lang, 1965; A. simplex Norman & Scott ; A. trisetosa Krishnaswamy, 1957; A. exigua T.Scott, 1894; A. speciosa Lang, 1965; A. simulans T. Scott, 1912; A. tau Sars; A. tenuipes Herdman 1901 .


    REVISION OF THE GENUS AMEIRA


    RECENT LITERATURE

    Alper, A., Karaytug, S., Sak, S. (2023): Taxonomic revision of the genus Nannomesochra Gurney, 1932 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) with description of three new species. Marine Biodiversity 53: 19.

    Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine harpacticoid copepods. Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 304 pp.

    Conroy-Dalton, S., Huys, R. (1998): Towards a revision of Ameira Boeck, 1865 (Harpacticoida, Ameiridae): reinstatement of Psammameira Noodt, 1952. Zoologica Scripta 27: 247-261.

    Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) 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. 50:268-280.

    Nicholls, A.G. (1939). Marine harpacticoids and cyclopoids from the shores of the St. Lawrence. Naturaliste Canadien, Quebec (Also in Station Biologique de Saint-Laurentoanae, Fauna et Flora Laurentianae, 2. 1940.). 66(2):241-316

    Noodt, W. (1955). Marmara denizi Harpacticoid'leri (Crust. Cop.). Marine Harpacticoiden (Crust. Cop.) aus dem Marmare Meer. Istanbul Universitesi Fen Fakultesi Mecmuasi. (B)20(1-2):49-94, figs. 1-103. (i/iv-1955)

    Kornev, P.N. & E.C. Chertoprud. (2008). Copepod Crustaceans of the Order Harpactiocida of the White Sea. Morphology, Systematics, Ecoloy. 379 pp. Biology Faculty, Moscow State University. Tovarishchestvo Nauchmikh Izdanii, KMK, Moscow, 370pp. ISBN 978-5-87317-410-2 (In Russian)

    Yildizi & Karaytug 2024.Disentangling of an Ameira parvula (Claus, 1866) species complex with the description of a new species and remarks on the genus Ameira Boeck, 1865 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Ameiridae). Bihren Biologist Romania.




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