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Checklist for Suborder Gammaridea Latreille, 1802 (Gammarid amphipods)
and region Belgium (Benelux)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
153
384
731
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
152
383
728
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
86
251
492
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
43
127
255
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Gammaridea
Latreille, 1802
Gammarid amphipods
7
10
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Belgium
7 Families width 34 Species
Ampeliscidae Costa, 18577SpeciesTaxom
Atylidae (Lilljeborg, 1865)9SpeciesTaxom
Pontoporeiidae Dana, 18539SpeciesTaxom
Dexaminidae Leach, 18142SpeciesTaxom
Megaluropidae Thomas & Bar..., 19871SpeciesTaxom
Melphidippidae Stebbing, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Urothoidae Bousfield, 19785SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Belgium
10 Genera with 34 Species
Ampelisca Krøyer, 18566SpeciesTaxom
Atylus Leach, 18624SpeciesTaxom
Bathyporeia Lindström, 18779SpeciesTaxom
Dexamine Leach, 18131SpeciesTaxom
Haploops Liljeborg, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Megaluropus Hock, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Melphidippella G. O. Sars, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Nototropis Jordan, 18635SpeciesTaxom
Tritaeta Boeck, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Urothoe Dana, 18535SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Belgium
34 Species
Ampelisca brevicornis Costa, 1853
Ampelisca diadema Costa, 1853
Ampelisca gibba Sars, 1883
Ampelisca spinipes Boeck, 1861
Ampelisca tenuicornis Liljeborg, 1855Smooth fanpetals
Ampelisca typica Bate, 1856
Atylus falcatus (Metzger, 1871)⇒ Nototropis falcatus Metzer, 1871
Atylus guttatus Costa, 1853
Atylus swammerdami Milne-Edwards, 1830Morrison's jewelflower
Atylus vedlomensis Bate & Westwood, 1862
Bathyporeia elegans Watkin, 1938Sand digger shrimp
Bathyporeia gracilis Sars, 1891
Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana Bate, 1856
Bathyporeia norvegica (G.O.Sars, 1892)⇒ Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana Bate, 1856
Bathyporeia pelagica Bate, 1857Sand digger shrimp
Bathyporeia pilosa Lindstrom, 1855Newberry's velvetmallow
Bathyporeia robertsoni (Bate, 1862)⇒ Bathyporeia sarsi Watkin, 1938
Bathyporeia sarsi Watkin, 1938
Bathyporeia tenuipes Meinert, 1877Puerto Rico yellowcress
Dexamine spinosa Montagu, 1813
Haploops tubicola Liljeborg, 1856
Megaluropus agilis Hoeck, 1889Hackberry
Melphidippella macra Norman, 1869
Nototropis falcatus Metzer, 1871
Nototropis guttatus (Costa, 1853)⇒ Atylus guttatus Costa, 1853
Nototropis swammerdamei Milne-Edwards, 1830
Nototropis swammerdami (Milne-Edwards, 1830)⇒ Atylus swammerdami Milne-Edwards, 1830
Nototropis vedlomensis (Bate & Westwood, 1863)⇒ Atylus vedlomensis Bate & Westwood, 1862
Tritaeta gibbosa Bate, 1862
Urothoe brevicornis Bate, 1862
Urothoe elegans Bate, 1857
Urothoe marina Bate, 1857
Urothoe poseidonis Reibisch, 1905Mt. Adams lupine
Urothoe pulchella Costa, 1853

Subnodes of Gammaridea with occurrences in Belgium
SuperfamilyDexaminoidea
Leach, 1814
3
5
12
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyMelphidippoidea
Stebbing, 1899
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyPhoxocephaloidea
Sars, 1891
2
2
14
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySynopioidea
Dana, 1852
1
2
7
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Gammaridea at artfakta.se
Gammaridea at dyntaxa.se
Gammaridea at marinespecies.org