Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Senticaudata > Infraorder Hadziida > Parvorder Hadziidira > Superfamily Calliopioidea > Family Calliopiidae

Apherusa Walker, 1891

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phaedra*	Spence Bate, 1859	junior homonym

Children

Apherusa alacris Krapp-Schickel, 1969
Apherusa bispinosa (Spence Bate, 1857)
Apherusa chiereghinii Giordani Soika, 1950
Apherusa cirrus (Spence Bate, 1863)
Apherusa clevei G.O. Sars, 1904
Apherusa corbeli Lagardère, 1968
Apherusa glacialis (Hansen, 1888)
Apherusa henneguyi Chevreux & Fage, 1925
Apherusa jurinei (H. Milne Edwards, 1830)
Apherusa mediterranea Chevreux, 1911
Apherusa megalops (Buchholz, 1874)
Apherusa ovalipes Norman & Scott, 1906
Apherusa ruffoi Krapp-Schickel, 1969
Apherusa sarsii Shoemaker, 1930
Apherusa tridentata (Bruzelius, 1859)
Apherusa vexatrix Krapp-Schickel, 1979

Literature

original description	Walker, A. O. (1891). IX.—On Pherusa fucicola, Leach. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8(43): 81-83.
basis of record	Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308.
additional source	Walker, A. O. (1891). XLIV.—On Pherusa fucicola (Leach). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7(41): 418-422.
additional source	Barnard, J. L.; Karaman, G. S. (1991). The families and genera of marine gammaridean Amphipoda (except marine gammaroids). Part 1. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement. 13 (1): 1-417.
additional source	Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.
additional source	Sars, G.O. (1893). Amphipoda. Part XX. Calliopiidae (part). An account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. I: 433-452, pls 153-160. Cammermeyer, Christiania (Oslo).
taxonomy source	Krapp-Schickel T., Sorbe J.C. (2006) Apherusa delicata, a new suprabenthic amphipod (Crustacea, Eusiridae) from the northern Bay of Biscay ("Grande Vasière" fishing grounds), with a discussion about the genus, Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 6, 57-65.

Genbank

Citation

Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Apherusa Walker, 1891. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101509