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Checklist for Infraorder Gammarida Latreille, 1802 (gammarid amphipods)
and region Canada (North America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
266
930
2257
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
260
922
2236
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
152
595
1485
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
74
335
957
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
27
133
421
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Gammarida
Latreille, 1802
Gammarid amphipods
8
21
72
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Canada
8 Families width 72 Species and 4 Subspecies
Gammaridae (Leach, 1813)Gammarids37SpeciesTaxom
Anisogammaridae Bousfield, 197713SpeciesTaxom
Crangonyctidae Bousfield, 1973Gammarid amphipods13SpeciesTaxom
Gammaracanthidae Bousfield, 19893SpeciesTaxom
Gammarellidae Bousfield, 19772SpeciesTaxom
Eulimnogammaridae Kamaltynov, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Niphargidae Bousfield, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Allocrangonyctidae Holsinger, 19892SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Canada
21 Genera with 72 Species
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Allomelita Stock, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Anisogammarus Derzhavin, 20014SpeciesTaxom
Bactrurus Hay, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Bathyceradocus Pirlot, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Cheirocratus Norman, 18432SpeciesTaxom
Crangonyx Bate, 19589SpeciesTaxom
Dikerogammarus Stebbing, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Echinogammarus Stebbing, 19385SpeciesTaxom
Eogammarus Birstein, 19792SpeciesTaxom
Gammaracanthus Bate, 18213SpeciesTaxom
Gammarellus Herbst, 17792SpeciesTaxom
Gammarus Fabricius, 1912Freshwater Shrimp Gammarus24SpeciesTaxom
Leptostenus Bazikalova, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Locustogammarus Bousfield, 18513SpeciesTaxom
Marinogammarus Sexton & Spo..., 19383SpeciesTaxom
Niphargus Schiødte, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoniphargus Chevreux, 19862SpeciesTaxom
Ramellogammarus Bousfield, 19794SpeciesTaxom
Spinulogammarus Tzvetkova, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Stygobromus Cope, 19824SpeciesTaxom
Synurella Wrzesniowski, 19201SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Canada
72 Species and 4 Subspecies
Allomelita pellucida Sars, 1882
Anisogammarus epistomus Bousfield, 2001
Anisogammarus pugettensis Dana, 1853
Anisogammarus pugettensis pugettensis Dana, 1853
Anisogammarus slatteryi Bousfield, 2001
Bactrurus brachycaudus Hubricht & M..., 1940Short-tail bactrurid
Bathyceradocus wuzzae Larsen & Kra..., 2007
Cheirocratus robustus G.O. Sars, 1895
Cheirocratus sundevallii (Rathke, 1843)⇒ Cheirocratus sundevalli Rathke, 1843
Crangonyx gracilis S.I. Smith, 1871Northern lake crangonyctid
Crangonyx minor Bousfield, 1958Minor cave amphipod
Crangonyx obliquus (Hubricht & M..., 1940)⇒ Crangonyx occidentalis Hubricht & H..., 1941
Crangonyx pseudogracilis Bousfield, 1958Northern river crangonyctid
Crangonyx richmondensis Ellis, 1941Contorted sphagnum
Crangonyx richmondensis laurentianus Bousfield, 1958Eastern bog crangonyctid
Crangonyx richmondensis occidentalis Hubricht and..., 1941Western bog crangonyctid
Crangonyx rivularis Bousfield, 1958Ontario stream crangonyctid
Crangonyx setodactylus Bousfield, 1958Hairy-fingered crangonyctid
Dikerogammarus haemobaphes Eichwald, 1841Demon shrimp
Echinogammarus finmarchicus Dahl, 1938
Echinogammarus ischnus Stebbing, 1899Scud
Echinogammarus marinus Leach, 1815
Echinogammarus obtusatus Dahl, 1938
Echinogammarus stoerensis Reid, 1938
Eogammarus confervicolus Stimpson, 1856
Eogammarus oclairi Bousfield, 1979
Gammaracanthus aestuariorum Lomakina, 1952
Gammaracanthus lacustris Sars, 1867
Gammaracanthus loricatus Sabine, 1821
Gammarellus angulosus Rathke, 1843
Gammarellus homari Fabricius, 1779
Gammarus acherondytes Hubricht & M..., 1940Illinois cave amphipod
Gammarus annulatus Smith, 1873Comanche Peak prairie clover
Gammarus crinicornis Stock, 1966Oahu chewstick
Gammarus daiberi Bousfield, 1969
Gammarus duebeni Liljeborg, 1852Bur mallow
Gammarus fasciatus Say, 1818
Gammarus finmarchicus Dahl, 1938Lammers' cephalozia
Gammarus lacustris G.O. Sars, 1864An Amphipod
Gammarus lawrencianus Bousfield, 1956
Gammarus limnaeus S.I. Smith, 1874Sabinal prairie-clover
Gammarus locusta Linnaeus, 1758Common intertidal amphipod
Gammarus mucronatus Say, 1818
Gammarus obtusatus (Dahl, 1938)⇒ Echinogammarus obtusatus Dahl, 1938
Gammarus oceanicus Segerstråle, 1947Oceanic Scud
Gammarus ornatus H. Milne Edw..., 1830
Gammarus pseudolimnaeus Bousfield, 1958
Gammarus pulex Linnaeus, 1758Common freshwater amphipod
Gammarus ramellus (Weckel, 1907)⇒ Ramellogammarus ramellus Weckel, 1907
Gammarus scirtes
Gammarus setosus Dementieva, 1931
Gammarus sphaerophthalmus Dybowsky, 1874
Gammarus tigrinus Sexton, 1939Fewflower evening primrose
Gammarus wilkitzkii Birula, 1897
Gammarus zaddachi Sexton, 1912Desert suncup
Leptostenus leptocerus leptocerus Dybowsky, 1874
Locustogammarus hirsutimanus Kurenkov & M..., 1959
Locustogammarus levingsi Bousfield, 1979
Locustogammarus locustoides Brandt, 1851
Marinogammarus finmarchicus (Dahl, 1938)⇒ Gammarus finmarchicus Dahl, 1938
Marinogammarus obtusatus (Dahl, 1938)⇒ Echinogammarus obtusatus Dahl, 1938
Marinogammarus stoerensis (Reid, 1938)⇒ Echinogammarus stoerensis Reid, 1938
Niphargus aberrans Sket, 1972
Pseudoniphargus baetis Notenboom, 1988
Pseudoniphargus grandimanus Stock, Holsi..., 1986
Ramellogammarus columbianus Bousfield & ..., 1992
Ramellogammarus ramellus Weckel, 1907
Ramellogammarus setosus Bousfield & ..., 1992
Ramellogammarus vancouverensis Bousfield, 1979
Spinulogammarus subcarinatus Bate, 1862
Stygobromus canadensis Holsinger, 1980Castleguard Cave amphipod
Stygobromus clantoni Creaser, 1934Clanton stygobromid
Stygobromus quatsinensis Holsinger & ..., 1987Vancouver Island cave amphipod
Stygobromus secundus Bousfield & ..., 1982Alberta spring amphipod
Synurella johanseni Shoemaker, 1920

Subnodes of Gammarida with occurrences in Canada
SuperfamilyAllocrangonyctoidea
2
2
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCrangonyctoidea
Bousfield, 1973
1
4
13
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyGammaroidea
Leach, 1814
5
15
56
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