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Checklist for Family Gammaridae Leach, 1813 (Gammarids)
and region Canada (North America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
266
930
2257
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
260
922
2236
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
152
595
1485
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
74
335
957
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
27
133
421
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Gammarida
Latreille, 1802
Gammarid amphipods
8
21
72
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Gammaroidea
Leach, 1814
5
15
56
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGammaridae
Leach, 1813
Gammarids, Scuds
7
37
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Canada
7 Genera with 37 Species
Allomelita Stock, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Bathyceradocus Pirlot, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Cheirocratus Norman, 18432SpeciesTaxom
Dikerogammarus Stebbing, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Echinogammarus Stebbing, 19385SpeciesTaxom
Gammarus Fabricius, 1912Freshwater Shrimp Gammarus24SpeciesTaxom
Marinogammarus Sexton & Spo..., 19383SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Canada
37 Species
Allomelita pellucida Sars, 1882
Bathyceradocus wuzzae Larsen & Kra..., 2007
Cheirocratus robustus G.O. Sars, 1895
Cheirocratus sundevallii (Rathke, 1843)⇒ Cheirocratus sundevalli Rathke, 1843
Dikerogammarus haemobaphes Eichwald, 1841Demon shrimp
Echinogammarus finmarchicus Dahl, 1938
Echinogammarus ischnus Stebbing, 1899Scud
Echinogammarus marinus Leach, 1815
Echinogammarus obtusatus Dahl, 1938
Echinogammarus stoerensis Reid, 1938
Gammarus acherondytes Hubricht & M..., 1940Illinois cave amphipod
Gammarus annulatus Smith, 1873Comanche Peak prairie clover
Gammarus crinicornis Stock, 1966Oahu chewstick
Gammarus daiberi Bousfield, 1969
Gammarus duebeni Liljeborg, 1852Bur mallow
Gammarus fasciatus Say, 1818
Gammarus finmarchicus Dahl, 1938Lammers' cephalozia
Gammarus lacustris G.O. Sars, 1864An Amphipod
Gammarus lawrencianus Bousfield, 1956
Gammarus limnaeus S.I. Smith, 1874Sabinal prairie-clover
Gammarus locusta Linnaeus, 1758Common intertidal amphipod
Gammarus mucronatus Say, 1818
Gammarus obtusatus (Dahl, 1938)⇒ Echinogammarus obtusatus Dahl, 1938
Gammarus oceanicus Segerstråle, 1947Oceanic Scud
Gammarus ornatus H. Milne Edw..., 1830
Gammarus pseudolimnaeus Bousfield, 1958
Gammarus pulex Linnaeus, 1758Common freshwater amphipod
Gammarus ramellus (Weckel, 1907)⇒ Ramellogammarus ramellus Weckel, 1907
Gammarus scirtes
Gammarus setosus Dementieva, 1931
Gammarus sphaerophthalmus Dybowsky, 1874
Gammarus tigrinus Sexton, 1939Fewflower evening primrose
Gammarus wilkitzkii Birula, 1897
Gammarus zaddachi Sexton, 1912Desert suncup
Marinogammarus finmarchicus (Dahl, 1938)⇒ Gammarus finmarchicus Dahl, 1938
Marinogammarus obtusatus (Dahl, 1938)⇒ Echinogammarus obtusatus Dahl, 1938
Marinogammarus stoerensis (Reid, 1938)⇒ Echinogammarus stoerensis Reid, 1938


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