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Checklist for Infraorder Gammarida Latreille, 1802 (gammarid amphipods)
and region Nova Scotia (East Canada, Canada)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
131
257
377
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
130
255
375
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
78
174
260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
40
104
155
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
17
44
73
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Gammarida
Latreille, 1802
Gammarid amphipods
5
8
25
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Nova Scotia
5 Families width 25 Species
Gammaridae Leach, 1813Gammarids18SpeciesTaxom
Crangonyctidae Bousfield, 1973Gammarid amphipods2SpeciesTaxom
Gammarellidae Bousfield, 19772SpeciesTaxom
Anisogammaridae Bousfield, 19772SpeciesTaxom
Allocrangonyctidae Holsinger, 19891SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Nova Scotia
8 Genera with 25 Species
Allomelita Stock, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Crangonyx Bate, 19412SpeciesTaxom
Echinogammarus Stebbing, 19385SpeciesTaxom
Gammarellus Herbst, 17792SpeciesTaxom
Gammarus Fabricius, 1939Freshwater Shrimp Gammarus12SpeciesTaxom
Locustogammarus Bousfield, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoniphargus Chevreux, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Ramellogammarus Bousfield, 19921SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nova Scotia
25 Species
Allomelita pellucida Sars, 1882
Crangonyx obliquus (Hubricht & M..., 1940)⇒ Crangonyx occidentalis Hubricht & H..., 1941
Crangonyx richmondensis Ellis, 1941Contorted sphagnum
Echinogammarus finmarchicus Dahl, 1938
Echinogammarus ischnus Stebbing, 1899Scud
Echinogammarus marinus Leach, 1815
Echinogammarus obtusatus Dahl, 1938
Echinogammarus stoerensis Reid, 1938
Gammarellus angulosus Rathke, 1843
Gammarellus homari Fabricius, 1779
Gammarus crinicornis Stock, 1966Oahu chewstick
Gammarus daiberi Bousfield, 1969
Gammarus duebeni Liljeborg, 1852Bur mallow
Gammarus fasciatus Say, 1818
Gammarus lawrencianus Bousfield, 1956
Gammarus locusta Linnaeus, 1758Common intertidal amphipod
Gammarus mucronatus Say, 1818
Gammarus oceanicus Segerstråle, 1947Oceanic Scud
Gammarus pseudolimnaeus Bousfield, 1958
Gammarus pulex Linnaeus, 1758Common freshwater amphipod
Gammarus setosus Dementieva, 1931
Gammarus tigrinus Sexton, 1939Fewflower evening primrose
Locustogammarus levingsi Bousfield, 1979
Pseudoniphargus baetis Notenboom, 1988
Ramellogammarus setosus Bousfield & ..., 1992

Subnodes of Gammarida with occurrences in Nova Scotia
SuperfamilyAllocrangonyctoidea
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCrangonyctoidea
Bousfield, 1973
1
1
2
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyGammaroidea
Leach, 1814
3
6
22
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