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Checklist for Family Gammaridae Leach, 1813 (Gammarids)
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
156
461
943
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
155
460
942
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
77
171
268
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
39
81
127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
14
40
67
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Gammarida
Latreille, 1802
Gammarid amphipods
2
3
4
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Gammaroidea
Leach, 1814
1
2
3
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGammaridae
Leach, 1813
Gammarids, Scuds
2
3
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sri Lanka
2 Genera with 3 Species
Cheirocratus Norman, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Parelasmopus Stebbing, 18532SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sri Lanka
3 Species
Cheirocratus assimilis Lilljeborg, 1852Escoba parada
Parelasmopus suensis Haswell, 1879
Parelasmopus suluensis Dana, 1853


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