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Checklist for Family Gammaridae Leach, 1813 (Gammarids)
and region British Isles (North Europe)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
360
1365
3514
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
353
1349
3488
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
195
801
2140
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
93
342
964
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
38
164
464
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Gammarida
Latreille, 1802
Gammarid amphipods
13
31
110
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Gammaroidea
Leach, 1814
6
17
74
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGammaridae
Leach, 1813
Gammarids, Scuds
10
64
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for British Isles
10 Genera with 64 Species
Allomelita Stock, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Animoceradocus G. Karaman, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Chaetogammarus Martynov, 18975SpeciesTaxom
Cheirocratus Norman, 18436SpeciesTaxom
Dikerogammarus Stebbing, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Echinogammarus Stebbing, 193211SpeciesTaxom
Gammarus Fabricius, 1912Freshwater Shrimp Gammarus33SpeciesTaxom
Marinogammarus Sexton & Spo..., 19385SpeciesTaxom
Parelasmopus Stebbing, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Pectenogammarus Reid, 19401SpeciesTaxom


Species list for British Isles
64 Species and 2 Subspecies
Allomelita pellucida Sars, 1882
Animoceradocus semiserratus Bate, 1862
Chaetogammarus ischnus Stebbing, 1898
Chaetogammarus marinus Leach, 1815
Chaetogammarus pirloti (Sexton & Spo..., 1940)⇒ Echinogammarus pirloti Sexton & Spo..., 1940
Chaetogammarus stoerensis (Reid, 1938)⇒ Echinogammarus stoerensis Reid, 1938
Chaetogammarus warpachowskyi Sars, 1897
Cheirocratus assimilis Lilljeborg, 1852Escoba parada
Cheirocratus intermedius G.O. Sars, 1895
Cheirocratus praedens Barnard & Dr..., 1982
Cheirocratus robustus G.O. Sars, 1895
Cheirocratus sundevalli Rathke, 1843
Cheirocratus sundevallii (Rathke, 1843)⇒ Cheirocratus sundevalli Rathke, 1843
Dikerogammarus haemobaphes Eichwald, 1841Demon shrimp
Dikerogammarus villosus Sowinsky, 1894Killer shrimp
Echinogammarus berilloni Catta, 1878
Echinogammarus campylops Leach, 1814
Echinogammarus campylops campylops Leach, 1814
Echinogammarus finmarchicus Dahl, 1938
Echinogammarus ischnus Stebbing, 1899Scud
Echinogammarus marinus Leach, 1815
Echinogammarus obtusatus Dahl, 1938
Echinogammarus pirloti Sexton & Spo..., 1940
Echinogammarus planicrurus Reid, 1940
Echinogammarus stoerensis Reid, 1938
Echinogammarus trichiatus Martynov, 1932
Gammarus acherondytes Hubricht & M..., 1940Illinois cave amphipod
Gammarus alsaticus Van Straelen, 1924
Gammarus campylops (Leach, 1824)⇒ Gammarus locusta Linnaeus, 1758
Gammarus chevreuxi Sexton, 1913Booth's evening primrose
Gammarus crinicornis Stock, 1966Oahu chewstick
Gammarus duebeni Liljeborg, 1852Bur mallow
Gammarus fasciatus Say, 1818
Gammarus finmarchicus Dahl, 1938Lammers' cephalozia
Gammarus fluviatilis (Milne-Edwards, 1840)⇒ Gammarus duebeni Liljeborg, 1852
Gammarus fossarum Koch, 1836Mountain riverine amphipod
Gammarus insensibilis Stock, 1966Lagoon sand shrimp
Gammarus lacustris G.O. Sars, 1864An Amphipod
Gammarus locusta Linnaeus, 1758Common intertidal amphipod
Gammarus longimanus (Bate, 1857)⇒ Othomaera othonis Milne-Edwards, 1830
Gammarus marinus (Leach, 1815)⇒ Echinogammarus marinus Leach, 1815
Gammarus minus Say, 1818
Gammarus mucronatus Say, 1818
Gammarus obtusatus (Dahl, 1938)⇒ Echinogammarus obtusatus Dahl, 1938
Gammarus oceanicus Segerstråle, 1947Oceanic Scud
Gammarus othonis (Milne-Edwards, 1830)⇒ Othomaera othonis Milne-Edwards, 1830
Gammarus palmata (accepted as ..., 1804)⇒ Melita palmata Montagu, 1804
Gammarus palustris Bousfield, 1969
Gammarus pulex Linnaeus, 1758Common freshwater amphipod
Gammarus pulex pulex Linnaeus, 1758
Gammarus punctatus (Johnson, 1827)⇒ Ampithoe rubricata Montagu, 1818
Gammarus roeselii (Gervais, 1835)⇒ Gammarus roeseli Gervais, 1835
Gammarus salinus Spooner, 1947Fendler's sandmat
Gammarus scirtes
Gammarus setosus Dementieva, 1931
Gammarus tenuimanus (Bate, 1862)⇒ Maerella tenuimana Bate, 1862
Gammarus tigrinus Sexton, 1939Fewflower evening primrose
Gammarus wilkitzkii Birula, 1897
Gammarus zaddachi Sexton, 1912Desert suncup
Marinogammarus finmarchicus (Dahl, 1938)⇒ Gammarus finmarchicus Dahl, 1938
Marinogammarus marinus (Leach, 1815)⇒ Echinogammarus marinus Leach, 1815
Marinogammarus obtusatus (Dahl, 1938)⇒ Echinogammarus obtusatus Dahl, 1938
Marinogammarus pirloti (Sexton & Spo..., 1940)⇒ Echinogammarus pirloti Sexton & Spo..., 1940
Marinogammarus stoerensis (Reid, 1938)⇒ Echinogammarus stoerensis Reid, 1938
Parelasmopus echo J.L. Barnard, 1972
Pectenogammarus planicrurus (Reid, 1940)⇒ Echinogammarus planicrurus Reid, 1940


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