Elasmopus

Elasmopus
Elasmopus levis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Maeridae
Genus: Elasmopus
Costa, 1853
Type species
Elasmopus rapax
Costa, 1853
Synonyms

Neogammaropsis Stout, 1913

Elasmopus is a cosmopolitan genus of amphipods in the family, Maeridae, and was first described in 1853 by Achille Costa. The type species is Elasmopus rapax Costa, 1853.

Species

There are 143 species accepted by WoRMS Some appear below.

References

  1. 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Elasmopus Costa, 1853". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "Elasmopus Costa, 1853". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Australian Faunal Directory: Elasmopus". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  4. ↑ Costa, Achille (1853), Relazione sulla memoria del Dottor Achille Costa, di Ricerche su' Crostacei Amfipodi del Regno di Napoli (in Italian), pp. 167-178 [170], Wikidata Q64844741