Galapagos Species Database

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Quadrimaera inaequipes (A. Costa in Hope, 1851)

Amphipodo, Amphipods

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Amphipoda

Suborder
Senticaudata

Superfamily
Hadzioidea

Family
Maeridae

Genus
Quadrimaera

Species
inaequipes

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Ampithoe inaequipes A. Costa in Hope, 1851, Maera inaequipes (A. Costa, 1857) (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

References

  • Barnard, J.L. (1964) Marine Crustacea of the Galápagos Islands. Galápagos International Scientific Project, January - March 1964, unpublished report: 1-11.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Quadrimaera inaequipes", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20202. Accessed 5 November 2026.