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Checklist for Family Gammaridae Leach, 1813 (Gammarids)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
242
727
1187
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
240
725
1182
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
134
373
604
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
59
147
209
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
25
76
113
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Gammarida
Latreille, 1802
Gammarid amphipods
5
8
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Gammaroidea
Leach, 1814
3
5
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGammaridae
Leach, 1813
Gammarids, Scuds
3
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape
3 Genera with 6 Species
Cheirocratus Norman, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Echinogammarus Stebbing, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Gammarus Fabricius, 1897Freshwater Shrimp Gammarus4SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
6 Species
Cheirocratus intermedius G.O. Sars, 1895
Echinogammarus ischnus Stebbing, 1899Scud
Gammarus nigroculus K.H.Barnard, 1916
Gammarus scirtes
Gammarus setosus Dementieva, 1931
Gammarus wilkitzkii Birula, 1897


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