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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
288
1145
2299
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
285
1141
2298
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
158
521
845
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
65
217
373
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
29
122
255
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Gammarida
Latreille, 1802
Gammarid amphipods
7
14
19
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 West Australia
3 Genera with 6 Species
Cheirocratus Norman, 1867
0SpeciesTaxom
Gammarus Fabricius, 0Freshwater Shrimp Gammarus2SpeciesTaxom
Parelasmopus Stebbing, 19724SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Australia
6 Species
Gammarus pulex Linnaeus, 1758Common freshwater amphipod
Gammarus scirtes
Parelasmopus cymatilis Lowry & Hughes, 2009
Parelasmopus echo J.L. Barnard, 1972
Parelasmopus poorei Hughes, 2009
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