''Eusirus'' is a genus of
amphipods
Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detritivores or scavengers. There are more than 9,900 amphipod species so far descri ...
belonging to the family
Eusiridae
Eusiridae is a family of amphipods. It contains the following genera:
*'' Cleonardo'' Stebbing, 1888
*'' Eusirella'' Chevreux, 1908
*'' Eusirogenes'' Stebbing, 1904
*'' Eusiropsis'' Stebbing, 1897
*'' Eusirus'' Krøyer, 1845
*'' Harcledo'' J. L. ...
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The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
.
Species
Species:
*''
Eusirus abyssi''
*''
Eusirus antarcticus''
*''
Eusirus bathybius''
*''
Eusirus pontomedon'' sp. nov.
References
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Amphipoda