Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Isopoda > Suborder Asellota > Superfamily Janiroidea > Family Janiridae > Genus Jaera > Subgenus Jaera (Metajaera)

Jaera (Metajaera) hopeana Costa, 1853

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Jaera*	Leach, 1814	accepted genus name
*Iaera*	Leach, 1814	synonym

Species group names

*Jaera hopeana*	Costa, 1853	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25].
source of synonymy	Veuille, M. (1979). L'évolution du genre Jaera Leach (Isopodes; Asellotes) et ses rapports avec l'histoire de la Mediterranée. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. 49: 195-218.

Genbank

Citation

Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Jaera (Metajaera) hopeana Costa, 1853. 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:264176