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Checklist for Infraorder Gammarida Latreille, 1802 (gammarid amphipods)
and region Switzerland (West Europe)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
57
93
160
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
57
93
160
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
32
58
115
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
10
14
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
6
10
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Gammarida
Latreille, 1802
Gammarid amphipods
3
5
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Switzerland
3 Families width 18 Species and 2 Subspecies
Gammaridae Leach, 1813Gammarids10SpeciesTaxom
Niphargidae Bousfield, 19777SpeciesTaxom
Allocrangonyctidae Holsinger, 19891SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Switzerland
5 Genera with 18 Species
Dikerogammarus Stebbing, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Echinogammarus Stebbing, 19324SpeciesTaxom
Gammarus Fabricius, 1939Freshwater Shrimp Gammarus5SpeciesTaxom
Niphargus Schiødte, 19947SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoniphargus Chevreux, 19881SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Switzerland
18 Species and 2 Subspecies
Dikerogammarus haemobaphes Eichwald, 1841Demon shrimp
Dikerogammarus villosus Sowinsky, 1894Killer shrimp
Echinogammarus berilloni Catta, 1878
Echinogammarus ischnus Stebbing, 1899Scud
Echinogammarus stammeri S. Karaman, 1931
Echinogammarus trichiatus Martynov, 1932
Gammarus alpinus Alther, Fise..., 2016
Gammarus fossarum Koch, 1836Mountain riverine amphipod
Gammarus pulex Linnaeus, 1758Common freshwater amphipod
Gammarus pulex pulex Linnaeus, 1758
Gammarus tigrinus Sexton, 1939Fewflower evening primrose
Niphargus auerbachi Schellenberg, 1934
Niphargus foreli Humbert, 1877
Niphargus longicatidatus thuringius Schellenberg, 1934
Niphargus orcinus Joseph, 1869
Niphargus puteanus Koch, 1836Cavernous well shrimp
Niphargus thienemanni Schellenberg, 1934
Niphargus wexfordensis G. Karaman, ..., 1994Gledhill & Holmes
Pseudoniphargus baetis Notenboom, 1988

Subnodes of Gammarida with occurrences in Switzerland
SuperfamilyAllocrangonyctoidea
2
2
8
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyGammaroidea
Leach, 1814
1
3
10
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