Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Amphilochidea > Infraorder Amphilochida > Parvorder Eusiridira > Superfamily Eusiroidea > Family Eusiridae

Eusirus Krøyer, 1845

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Eusirus abyssi Stephensen, 1944
Eusirus biscayensis Bonnier, 1896
Eusirus cuspidatus Krøyer, 1845
Eusirus holmii Hansen, 1887
Eusirus leptocarpus G.O. Sars, 1893
Eusirus longipes Boeck, 1861
Eusirus minutus G.O. Sars, 1893
Eusirus propinqvus G.O. Sars, 1893
Eusirus tjalfiensis Stephensen, 1912

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: テンロウヨコエビ属

Literature

original description	Krøyer, H. (1845). Karcinologiske Bidrag (Fortsaettelse). [Carcinological Contributions (Continued)]. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. II. 1: 453-638, pls. 6-7.
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	De Broyer, C.; Lowry, J.K.; Jazdzewski, K. & Robert, H. (2007). Catalogue of the Gammaridean and Corophiidean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Southern Ocean, with distribution and ecological data. In: De Broyer C. (ed.). Census of Antarctic Marine Life: Synopsis of the Amphipoda of the Southern Ocean. Vol. I. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Biologie. 77, suppl. 1: 1-325.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Wang, Y.-R.; Sha, Z.-L.; Ren, X.-Q. (2024). A new species of Eusirus Krøyer, 1845 (Amphipoda, Amphilochidea, Eusiridae) from the seamount of the Caroline Plate, with redescription of Meteusiroides keyensis Pirlot, 1934. Zoosystematics and Evolution. 100(2): 645-662.
identification resource	Wang, Y.; Sha, Z.; Ren, X. (2021). A new species of Eusirus (Amphipoda, Amphilochidea, Eusiridae) described from a hydrothermal vent in the Okinawa Trough, North-West Pacific. Crustaceana. 94(11-12): 1395-1405.
identification resource	Othaitz J.P & Sorbe J.C. (2020). Eusirus bonnieri sp. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Eusiridae), a new deep species from the southeastern Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic Ocean). Zootaxa. 4751(2): 238-256.

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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. Eusirus Krøyer, 1845. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101519