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Checklist for Infraorder Gammarida Latreille, 1802 (gammarid amphipods)
and region Melanesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
336
1958
6058
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
334
1955
6050
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
162
609
1097
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
88
267
415
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
28
122
208
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Gammarida
Latreille, 1802
Gammarid amphipods
2
7
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Melanesia
2 Families width 9 Species
Gammaridae Leach, 1813Gammarids7SpeciesTaxom
Niphargidae Bousfield, 19772SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Melanesia
7 Genera with 9 Species
Bathyceradocus Pirlot, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Cheirocratus Norman, 1867
0SpeciesTaxom
Dikerogammarus Stebbing, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Echinogammarus Stebbing, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Gammarus Fabricius, 1939Freshwater Shrimp Gammarus2SpeciesTaxom
Niphargus Schiødte, 19942SpeciesTaxom
Parelasmopus Stebbing, 18792SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melanesia
9 Species
Bathyceradocus stephenseni Pirlot, 1934
Dikerogammarus villosus Sowinsky, 1894Killer shrimp
Echinogammarus obtusatus Dahl, 1938
Gammarus mucronatus Say, 1818
Gammarus tigrinus Sexton, 1939Fewflower evening primrose
Niphargus laisi Schellenberg, 1936
Niphargus wexfordensis G. Karaman, ..., 1994Gledhill & Holmes
Parelasmopus albidus Dana, 1852
Parelasmopus suensis Haswell, 1879

Subnodes of Gammarida with occurrences in Melanesia
SuperfamilyAllocrangonyctoidea
1
1
2
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyGammaroidea
Leach, 1814
1
6
7
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