Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Meximaera diffidentia
amphipodo, Amphipods
Affin. Endemic sibling of wordwide complex
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Amphipoda
Suborder
Gammaridea
Family
Maeridae
Genus
Meximaera
Species
diffidentia
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Maera caroliniana Bynum & Fox, 1977 fide Appeltans et. al. (2010)
Origin: Native
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Barnard, J.L. (1979) Littoral Gammaridean Amphipoda from de Gulf of California and the Galápagos Islands. Smithsonian Contrib. Zool. 271: 1-149.
- Barnard, J.L. (1991) Amphipoda of the Galápagos Islands. In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press, New York and London, p. 193-206.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Meximaera diffidentia", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14792. Accessed 1 November 2026.