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Checklist for Infraorder Gammarida Latreille, 1802 (gammarid amphipods)
and region Alberta (West Canada, Canada)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
116
217
277
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
113
214
275
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
66
130
164
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
35
69
84
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
19
37
52
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Gammarida
Latreille, 1802
Gammarid amphipods
3
8
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Alberta
3 Families width 17 Species
Crangonyctidae Bousfield, 1973Gammarid amphipods4SpeciesTaxom
Gammaridae Leach, 1813Gammarids12SpeciesTaxom
Allocrangonyctidae Holsinger, 19891SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Alberta
8 Genera with 17 Species
Bactrurus Hay, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Cheirocratus Norman, 18432SpeciesTaxom
Crangonyx Bate, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Dikerogammarus Stebbing, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Echinogammarus Stebbing, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Gammarus Fabricius, 1758Freshwater Shrimp Gammarus8SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoniphargus Chevreux, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Stygobromus Cope, 19822SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Alberta
17 Species
Bactrurus brachycaudus Hubricht & M..., 1940Short-tail bactrurid
Cheirocratus robustus G.O. Sars, 1895
Cheirocratus sundevallii (Rathke, 1843)⇒ Cheirocratus sundevalli Rathke, 1843
Crangonyx pseudogracilis Bousfield, 1958Northern river crangonyctid
Dikerogammarus haemobaphes Eichwald, 1841Demon shrimp
Echinogammarus ischnus Stebbing, 1899Scud
Gammarus acherondytes Hubricht & M..., 1940Illinois cave amphipod
Gammarus duebeni Liljeborg, 1852Bur mallow
Gammarus lacustris G.O. Sars, 1864An Amphipod
Gammarus limnaeus S.I. Smith, 1874Sabinal prairie-clover
Gammarus mucronatus Say, 1818
Gammarus oceanicus Segerstråle, 1947Oceanic Scud
Gammarus pseudolimnaeus Bousfield, 1958
Gammarus pulex Linnaeus, 1758Common freshwater amphipod
Pseudoniphargus baetis Notenboom, 1988
Stygobromus canadensis Holsinger, 1980Castleguard Cave amphipod
Stygobromus secundus Bousfield & ..., 1982Alberta spring amphipod

Subnodes of Gammarida with occurrences in Alberta
SuperfamilyAllocrangonyctoidea
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCrangonyctoidea
Bousfield, 1973
1
3
4
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyGammaroidea
Leach, 1814
1
4
12
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Gammarida at artfakta.se
Gammarida at biodiversity.org.au
Gammarida at itis.gov
Gammarida at marinespecies.org