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Checklist for Infraorder Gammarida Latreille, 1802 (gammarid amphipods)
and region British Isles (North Europe)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
360
1365
3514
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
353
1349
3488
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
195
801
2140
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
93
342
964
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
38
164
464
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Gammarida
Latreille, 1802
Gammarid amphipods
13
31
110
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for British Isles
13 Families width 110 Species and 6 Subspecies
Gammaridae (Leach, 1813)Gammarids64SpeciesTaxom
Gammarellidae Bousfield, 19775SpeciesTaxom
Paramelitidae Bousfield, 19772SpeciesTaxom
Crangonyctidae (Bousfield, 1973)Gammarid amphipods18SpeciesTaxom
Acanthogammaridae Garjajeff, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Eulimnogammaridae Kamaltynov, 19992SpeciesTaxom
Niphargidae Bousfield, 19779SpeciesTaxom
Micruropodidae Kamaltynov, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Neoniphargidae Bousfield, 19772SpeciesTaxom
Paracrangonyctidae Bousfield, 19832SpeciesTaxom
Perthiidae Williams & J..., 19881SpeciesTaxom
Phreatogammaridae Bousfield, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Allocrangonyctidae Holsinger, 19892SpeciesTaxom


Genera for British Isles
31 Genera with 110 Species
#ABCDEGLMNPS
Allomelita Stock, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Amathilla Bate & Westwood, 18432SpeciesTaxom
Animoceradocus G. Karaman, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Antipodeus Williams & J..., 18931SpeciesTaxom
Austrogammarus Barnard & Ka..., 19881SpeciesTaxom
Bactrurus Hay, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Chaetogammarus Martynov, 18975SpeciesTaxom
Cheirocratus Norman, 18436SpeciesTaxom
Crangonyx Bate, 185912SpeciesTaxom
Dikerogammarus Stebbing, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Diplacanthus Kamaltynov, 01SpeciesTaxom
Echinogammarus Stebbing, 193211SpeciesTaxom
Eulimnogammarus Bazikalova, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Gammarellus Herbst, 17793SpeciesTaxom
Gammarus Fabricius, 1912Freshwater Shrimp Gammarus33SpeciesTaxom
Leptostenus Bazikalova, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Marinogammarus Sexton & Spo..., 19385SpeciesTaxom
Microniphargus Schellenberg, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Micruropus Stebbing, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Neocrypta Bradbury & W..., 19971SpeciesTaxom
Neoniphargus Stebbing, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Niphargellus Schellenberg, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Niphargus Schiødte, 199410SpeciesTaxom
Paracrangonyx Stebbing, 20012SpeciesTaxom
Parelasmopus Stebbing, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Pectenogammarus Reid, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Perthia Stra?kraba, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Phreatogammarus Stebbing, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoniphargus Chevreux, 19862SpeciesTaxom
Stygobromus Cope, 19674SpeciesTaxom
Synurella Wrzesniowski, 18461SpeciesTaxom


Species list for British Isles
110 Species and 6 Subspecies
Allomelita pellucida Sars, 1882
Amathilla homari J.C. Fabricius, 1779
Amathilla sabini (Leach) accep..., 1843)⇒ Gammarellus angulosus Rathke, 1843
Animoceradocus semiserratus Bate, 1862
Antipodeus mortoni Thomson, 1893
Austrogammarus spinatus Williams & B..., 1988
Bactrurus brachycaudus Hubricht & M..., 1940Short-tail bactrurid
Chaetogammarus ischnus Stebbing, 1898
Chaetogammarus marinus Leach, 1815
Chaetogammarus pirloti (Sexton & Spo..., 1940)⇒ Echinogammarus pirloti Sexton & Spo..., 1940
Chaetogammarus stoerensis (Reid, 1938)⇒ Echinogammarus stoerensis Reid, 1938
Chaetogammarus warpachowskyi Sars, 1897
Cheirocratus assimilis Lilljeborg, 1852Escoba parada
Cheirocratus intermedius G.O. Sars, 1895
Cheirocratus praedens Barnard & Dr..., 1982
Cheirocratus robustus G.O. Sars, 1895
Cheirocratus sundevalli Rathke, 1843
Cheirocratus sundevallii (Rathke, 1843)⇒ Cheirocratus sundevalli Rathke, 1843
Crangonyx aberrans S.I. Smith, 1983Aberrant crangonyctid
Crangonyx dearolfi Shoemaker, 1942Dearolf's cave amphipod
Crangonyx disjunctus Zhang & Hols..., 2003
Crangonyx floridanus Bousfield, 1963Florida crangonyctid
Crangonyx gracilis S.I. Smith, 1871Northern lake crangonyctid
Crangonyx orientalis Zhang & Hols..., 2003
Crangonyx packardi S.I. Smith, 1888Packard Cave Amphipod
Crangonyx palustris Zhang & Hols..., 2003
Crangonyx pseudogracilis Bousfield, 1958Northern river crangonyctid
Crangonyx serratus Embody, 1910Serrate crangonyctid
Crangonyx stagnicolous Zhang & Hols..., 2003
Crangonyx subterraneus Bate, 1859
Dikerogammarus haemobaphes Eichwald, 1841Demon shrimp
Dikerogammarus villosus Sowinsky, 1894Killer shrimp
Diplacanthus crassispinus
Echinogammarus berilloni Catta, 1878
Echinogammarus campylops Leach, 1814
Echinogammarus campylops campylops Leach, 1814
Echinogammarus finmarchicus Dahl, 1938
Echinogammarus ischnus Stebbing, 1899Scud
Echinogammarus marinus Leach, 1815
Echinogammarus obtusatus Dahl, 1938
Echinogammarus pirloti Sexton & Spo..., 1940
Echinogammarus planicrurus Reid, 1940
Echinogammarus stoerensis Reid, 1938
Echinogammarus trichiatus Martynov, 1932
Eulimnogammarus obtusatus (Dahl, 1938)⇒ Echinogammarus obtusatus Dahl, 1938
Gammarellus angulosus Rathke, 1843
Gammarellus carinatus Rathke, 1843
Gammarellus homari Fabricius, 1779
Gammarus acherondytes Hubricht & M..., 1940Illinois cave amphipod
Gammarus alsaticus Van Straelen, 1924
Gammarus campylops (Leach, 1824)⇒ Gammarus locusta Linnaeus, 1758
Gammarus chevreuxi Sexton, 1913Booth's evening primrose
Gammarus crinicornis Stock, 1966Oahu chewstick
Gammarus duebeni Liljeborg, 1852Bur mallow
Gammarus fasciatus Say, 1818
Gammarus finmarchicus Dahl, 1938Lammers' cephalozia
Gammarus fluviatilis (Milne-Edwards, 1840)⇒ Gammarus duebeni Liljeborg, 1852
Gammarus fossarum Koch, 1836Mountain riverine amphipod
Gammarus insensibilis Stock, 1966Lagoon sand shrimp
Gammarus lacustris G.O. Sars, 1864An Amphipod
Gammarus locusta Linnaeus, 1758Common intertidal amphipod
Gammarus longimanus (Bate, 1857)⇒ Othomaera othonis Milne-Edwards, 1830
Gammarus marinus (Leach, 1815)⇒ Echinogammarus marinus Leach, 1815
Gammarus minus Say, 1818
Gammarus mucronatus Say, 1818
Gammarus obtusatus (Dahl, 1938)⇒ Echinogammarus obtusatus Dahl, 1938
Gammarus oceanicus Segerstråle, 1947Oceanic Scud
Gammarus othonis (Milne-Edwards, 1830)⇒ Othomaera othonis Milne-Edwards, 1830
Gammarus palmata (accepted as ..., 1804)⇒ Melita palmata Montagu, 1804
Gammarus palustris Bousfield, 1969
Gammarus pulex Linnaeus, 1758Common freshwater amphipod
Gammarus pulex pulex Linnaeus, 1758
Gammarus punctatus (Johnson, 1827)⇒ Ampithoe rubricata Montagu, 1818
Gammarus roeselii (Gervais, 1835)⇒ Gammarus roeseli Gervais, 1835
Gammarus salinus Spooner, 1947Fendler's sandmat
Gammarus scirtes
Gammarus setosus Dementieva, 1931
Gammarus tenuimanus (Bate, 1862)⇒ Maerella tenuimana Bate, 1862
Gammarus tigrinus Sexton, 1939Fewflower evening primrose
Gammarus wilkitzkii Birula, 1897
Gammarus zaddachi Sexton, 1912Desert suncup
Leptostenus leptocerus leptocerus Dybowsky, 1874
Marinogammarus finmarchicus (Dahl, 1938)⇒ Gammarus finmarchicus Dahl, 1938
Marinogammarus marinus (Leach, 1815)⇒ Echinogammarus marinus Leach, 1815
Marinogammarus obtusatus (Dahl, 1938)⇒ Echinogammarus obtusatus Dahl, 1938
Marinogammarus pirloti (Sexton & Spo..., 1940)⇒ Echinogammarus pirloti Sexton & Spo..., 1940
Marinogammarus stoerensis (Reid, 1938)⇒ Echinogammarus stoerensis Reid, 1938
Microniphargus leruthi Schellenberg, 1934
Micruropus talitroides Dybowsky, 1874
Neocrypta georginae Bradbury & W..., 1997
Neoniphargus exiguus G.W. Smith, 1909
Niphargellus glenniei Spooner, 1952British cave shrimp
Niphargus aberrans Sket, 1972
Niphargus aquilex Schiödte, 1855Cavernous well shrimp
Niphargus aquilex aquilex Schiödte, 1855
Niphargus fontanus Bate, 1859
Niphargus glennei Spooner, 1952
Niphargus irlandicus Schellenberg, 1932
Niphargus kochianus Bate, 1859
Niphargus kochianus irlandicus Schellenberg, 1932
Niphargus kochianus kochianus Bate, 1859
Niphargus wexfordensis G. Karaman, ..., 1994Gledhill & Holmes
Paracrangonyx compactus Chilton, 1882
Paracrangonyx winterbourni Fenwick, 2001
Parelasmopus echo J.L. Barnard, 1972
Pectenogammarus planicrurus (Reid, 1940)⇒ Echinogammarus planicrurus Reid, 1940
Perthia acutitelson Straskraba, 1964
Phreatogammarus fragilis Chilton, 1882
Pseudoniphargus baetis Notenboom, 1988
Pseudoniphargus grandimanus Stock, Holsi..., 1986
Stygobromus alabamensis Stout, 1911Alabama groundwater amphipod
Stygobromus araeus Holsinger, 1969Tidewater interstitial amphipod
Stygobromus chamberlaini Ellis, 1941
Stygobromus indentatus Holsinger, 1967Tidewater amphipod
Synurella ambulans (Müller, 1846)⇒ Stygobromus ambulans F. Müller, 1846

Subnodes of Gammarida with occurrences in British Isles
SuperfamilyAllocrangonyctoidea
6
10
18
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCrangonyctoidea
Bousfield, 1973
1
4
18
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyGammaroidea
Leach, 1814
6
17
74
Families
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