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Checklist for Family Gammaridae Leach, 1813 (Gammarids)
and region Australia (Australasia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
448
2925
10558
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
445
2918
10546
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
258
1551
4996
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
127
696
2121
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
49
301
1004
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Gammarida
Latreille, 1802
Gammarid amphipods
13
37
104
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Gammaroidea
Leach, 1814
4
9
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGammaridae
Leach, 1813
Gammarids, Scuds
6
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Australia
6 Genera with 24 Species
Cheirocratus Norman, 19822SpeciesTaxom
Dikerogammarus Stebbing, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Echinogammarus Stebbing, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Gammarus Fabricius, 0Freshwater Shrimp Gammarus9SpeciesTaxom
Metaceradocus Chevreux, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Parelasmopus Stebbing, 19729SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Australia
24 Species
Cheirocratus bassi Barnard & Dr..., 1982
Cheirocratus praedens Barnard & Dr..., 1982
Dikerogammarus haemobaphes Eichwald, 1841Demon shrimp
Echinogammarus obtusatus Dahl, 1938
Echinogammarus veneris Heller, 1865
Gammarus annulatus Smith, 1873Comanche Peak prairie clover
Gammarus australis (Sayce, 1901)⇒ Austrogammarus australis Sayce, 1901
Gammarus duebeni Liljeborg, 1852Bur mallow
Gammarus fasciatus Say, 1818
Gammarus haasei (Sayce, 1902)⇒ Austrogammarus haasei Sayce, 1902
Gammarus locusta Linnaeus, 1758Common intertidal amphipod
Gammarus oceanicus Segerstråle, 1947Oceanic Scud
Gammarus pulex Linnaeus, 1758Common freshwater amphipod
Gammarus scirtes
Metaceradocus micramphopus Stebbing, 1910
Parelasmopus aumogo Hughes, 2011
Parelasmopus cymatilis Lowry & Hughes, 2009
Parelasmopus dancaui Ortiz & Lalana, 1997
Parelasmopus echo J.L. Barnard, 1972
Parelasmopus poorei Hughes, 2009
Parelasmopus setiger Chevreux, 1901
Parelasmopus sowpigensis Lowry & Spri..., 2005
Parelasmopus suensis Haswell, 1879
Parelasmopus ya J.L. Barnard, 1972


Links, sources and further information
Gammaridae at artfakta.se
Gammaridae at dyntaxa.se
Gammaridae at gbif.org
Gammaridae at irmng.org
Gammaridae at itis.gov
Gammaridae at marinespecies.org