Eurycercus Explained

Eurycercus is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the suborder Anomopoda. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Eurycercidae.^[1] Eurycercus are relatively large anomopods, reaching sizes as large as 61NaN1.

Species

There are 16 species:

Subgenus Eurycercus (Bullatifrons) Frey, 1975:

• Eurycercus (Bullatifrons) longirostris Hann, 1982
• Eurycercus (Bullatifrons) macracanthus Frey, 1973
• Eurycercus (Bullatifrons) pompholygodes Frey, 1975
• Eurycercus (Bullatifrons) vernalis Hann, 1982

Subgenus Eurycercus (Eurycercus) Baird, 1843:

• Eurycercus (Eurycercus) lamellatus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
• Eurycercus (Eurycercus) microdontus Frey, 1978

Subgenus Eurycercus (Teretifrons) Frey, 1975:

• Eurycercus (Teretifrons) glacialis Lilljeborg, 1887
• Eurycercus (Teretifrons) nigracanthus Hann, 1990

Subgenus not determined:

• Eurycercus beringi Bekker, Kotov & Taylor, 2012
• Eurycercus cunninghami King, 1853
• Eurycercus lamellatus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
• Eurycercus meridionalis Bekker, Kotov & Elmoor-Loureiro, 2010
• Eurycercus minutus Birabén, 1939
• Eurycercus nipponica Tanaka & Fujita, 2002
• Eurycercus norandinus Aranguren, Monroy & Gaviria, 2010
• Eurycercus spinosus King, 1853

Notes and References

1. Eurycercidae Kurz, 1875 . 2021 . 593106 . 19 September 2021.