Eusirus is a genus of amphipods belonging to the family Eusiridae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Within the genus Eusirus sexual dimorphism is weak, therefore identifying the sex of non-adult individuals is difficult.[Marie L Verheye, Cédric D’Udekem D’Acoz, Integrative taxonomy of giant crested Eusirus in the Southern Ocean, including the description of a new species (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Eusiridae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 193, Issue 1, September 2021, Pages 31–77, ]
Species
The following species are recognised:
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Eusirus abyssi Stephensen, 1944
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Eusirus antarcticus Thomson, 1880
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Eusirus bathybius Schellenberg, 1955
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Eusirus biscayensis Bonnier, 1896
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Eusirus bonnieri Othaitz & Sorbe, 2020
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Eusirus bouvieri Chevreux, 1911
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Eusirus bulbodigitus Jung, Kim, Soh & Yoon, 2016
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Eusirus columbianus Bousfield & Hendrycks, 1995
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Eusirus crosnieri Ledoyer, 1978
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Eusirus cuspidatus Krøyer, 1845
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Eusirus fragilis Birstein & M. Vinogradov, 1960
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Eusirus giganteus Andres, Lörz & Brandt, 2002
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Eusirus hirayamai Bousfield & Hendrycks, 1995
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Hansen, 1887
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Eusirus laevis Walker, 1903
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Eusirus laticarpus Chevreux, 1906
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Eusirus latirostris Ledoyer, 1982
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Eusirus leptocarpus G.O. Sars, 1893
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Eusirus liui Wang, Sha & Ren, 2021
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Eusirus longipes Boeck, 1861
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Eusirus meteorae Andres, 1996
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Eusirus microps Walker, 1906
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Eusirus minutus G.O. Sars, 1893
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Eusirus nevandis J.L. Barnard, 1961
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Eusirus parvus Pirlot, 1934
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Eusirus perdentatus Chevreux, 1912
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Eusirus pontomedon Verheye & d'Udekem d'Acoz, 2020
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Eusirus propeperdentatus Andres, 1979
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Eusirus propinqvus G.O. Sars, 1893
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Eusirus tjalfiensis Stephensen, 1912
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Eusirus tridentatus Bellan-Santini & Ledoyer, 1974