AMEIRIDAE Monard, 1927, emend. Lang, 1936


LEPTAMEIRA

"Leptameira gen. nov. (type species: Leptomesochra confluens Sars, 1911c) includes the following new combinations: Mesochra macintoshi Scott & Scott, 1895b = Leptameira macintoshi (Scott & Scott, 1895b) comb. nov., Leptomesochra confluens Sars, 1911c = Leptameira confluens (Sars, 1911c) comb. nov., Leptomesochra infima Monard, 1928 = Leptameira infima (Monard, 1928) comb. nov., Leptameira attenuata Nicholls, 1939a = Leptameira attenuata (Nicholls, 1939a) comb. nov.; Leptomesochra nasuta Sewell, 1940 = Leptameira nasuta (Sewell, 1940) comb. nov., Leptomesochra hirsuta Wiborg, 1964 = Leptameira hirsuta (Wiborg, 1964) comb. nov., Leptomesochra theodoridis Soyer, 1966 = Leptameira theodoridis (Soyer, 1966) comb. nov., Leptomesochra eremeensis Kornev & Chertoprud, 2008 = Leptameira eremeensis (Kornev & Chertoprud, 1008)" (from: Huys, 2009)


LEPTOMESOCHRA Sars, 1911

  • Leptomesochra africana Kunz, 1951 (syn. Praeleptomesochra africana (Kunz, 1951)
  • Leptomesochra attenuata (Nicholls, 1949) [Europe; marine] (= Interleptomesochra attenuata (Scott A., 1896)
  • Leptomesochra boguensis Lindgren, 1975
  • Leptomesochra confluens Lang, 1948
  • Leptomesochra diazi Kunz & Kunz, 1973
  • Leptomesochra elongata Bozic, 1954
  • Leptomesochra eremensis Kornev & Chertoprud, 2008
  • Leptomesochra eulitoralis Noodt, 1952
  • Leptomesochra hirsuta Wiborg, 1964 [Tristan da Cunha; marine]
  • Leptomesochra infima Monard, 1928
  • Leptomesochra kunzi Kornev & Chertoprud, 2008
  • Leptomesochra macintoshi (T. & A. Scott, 1895) [Europe; marine] (syn, Leptameira macintoshi (Scott T. & Scott A., 1895)
  • Leptomesochra nasuta Sewell, 1940 [Europe; marine]
  • Leptomesochra nichollsi Noodt, 1955
  • Leptomesochra noodti Galhano, 1968
  • Leptomesochra pygmaea Vervoort, 1964 (syn, Praeleptomesochra pygmaea (Vervoort, 1964)
  • Leptomesochra reducta Lang, 1965
  • Leptomesochra tenuicornis Sars G.O., 1911
  • Leptomesochra theodoridis Soyer, 1966 [France; marine]


    PAREVANSULA Guille & Soyer, 1966 [syn. PHILOLEPTOMESOCHRA Wells, 1967]

  • Parevansula elegans (Marinov, 1974) [Atlantic Ocean]
  • Parevansula elongatus Wells & Rao, 1987 [Andaman Islands]
  • Parevansula mediterranea Guille & Soyer, 1966 [France; Amphioxus associated]
  • Parevansula reductiforma (Wells, 1967) [Africa; marine]
  • Parevansula secunda (Wells, 1967) [Africa; marine]
  • Parevansula vermiformis Moore, 1976 [Isle of Man; marine]
  • Parevansula wellsi (Marinov, 1973) [Black Sea]


    AMEIROPSIS Sars, 1907

  • Ameiropsis angulifera Sars, 1911
  • Ameiropsis australis Kunz, 1975 [south Africa; marine]
  • Ameiropsis brevicornis Sars, 1907 [Europe; marine]
  • Ameiropsis gyeongjuensis Bang, 2023 [Korea]
  • Ameiropsis longicornis Sars, 1907 [north Europe; marine]
  • Ameiropsis martinis Gee, 2009 [Isles of Scilly, UK ]
  • Ameiropsis minor (Sars, 1920) [Norway; marine]
  • Ameiropsis mixta Sars, 1907 [Europe; marine]
  • Ameiropsis nobilis Sars, 1911 [north Europe, Algerie; marine]
  • Ameiropsis reducta Apostolov, 1973 [Black Sea]
  • Ameiropsis robinsoni Gurney, 1027

    Ameiropsis abbreviata Sars G.O., 1911 accepted as Biameiropsis abbreviata (Sars G.O., 1911) (synonym); Ameiropsis ariana Monard, 1928 accepted as Ameiropsyllus ariana (Monard, 1928)

    Identification key to species of Ameiropsis


    PARALEPTOMESOCHRA Wells, 1967

  • Paraleptomesochra minima Wells, 1967 [Africa; marine]
  • Paraleptomesochra wellsi Rao, 1972 [India; marine coastal waters]




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