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Checklist for Suborder Gammaridea Latreille, 1802 (Gammarid amphipods)
and region British Isles (North Europe)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
360
1365
3514
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
353
1349
3488
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
195
801
2140
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
93
342
964
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Gammaridea
Latreille, 1802
Gammarid amphipods
11
28
103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for British Isles
11 Families width 103 Species
Ampeliscidae Costa, 185735SpeciesTaxom
Argissidae Walker, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Atylidae (Lilljeborg, 1865)16SpeciesTaxom
Synopiidae Dana, 18528SpeciesTaxom
Pontoporeiidae Dana, 185312SpeciesTaxom
Cyproideidae J. L. Barnard, 19744SpeciesTaxom
Dexaminidae Leach, 18149SpeciesTaxom
Pardaliscidae Boeck, 18714SpeciesTaxom
Megaluropidae Thomas & Bar..., 19871SpeciesTaxom
Melphidippidae Stebbing, 18995SpeciesTaxom
Urothoidae Bousfield, 19788SpeciesTaxom


Genera for British Isles
28 Genera with 103 Species
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Ampelisca Krøyer, 185625SpeciesTaxom
Argissa Boeck, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Atylus Leach, 18628SpeciesTaxom
Austrosyrrhoe Barnard, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Bathyporeia Lindström, 187711SpeciesTaxom
Bruzelia Boeck, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Byblis Boeck, 18796SpeciesTaxom
Cyproidea Haswell, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Dexamine Leach, 18614SpeciesTaxom
Guernea Chevreux, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Halicoides Walker, 19732SpeciesTaxom
Haploops Liljeborg, 18564SpeciesTaxom
Lepechinella Stebbing, 19732SpeciesTaxom
Megaluropus Hock, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Melphidippa Boeck, 18944SpeciesTaxom
Melphidippella G. O. Sars, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Neotropis Costa, 01SpeciesTaxom
Nicippe Bruzelius, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Nototropis Jordan, 18636SpeciesTaxom
Paradexamine Stebbing, 18792SpeciesTaxom
Pardalisca Krøyer, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Peltocoxa Catta, 18753SpeciesTaxom
Pontoporeia Kröyer, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Syrrhoe Göes, 18912SpeciesTaxom
Syrrhoites Sars, 1893
0SpeciesTaxom
Tiron Liljeborg, 18533SpeciesTaxom
Tritaeta Boeck, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Urothoe Dana, 18538SpeciesTaxom


Species list for British Isles
103 Species
Ampelisca aequicornis Bruzelius, 1859
Ampelisca anomala Sars, 1883
Ampelisca armoricana Bellan-santi..., 1981
Ampelisca assimilis (Boeck, 1871)⇒ Ampelisca diadema Costa, 1853
Ampelisca bellianus (Bate, 1857)⇒ Ampelisca brevicornis Costa, 1853
Ampelisca brevicornis Costa, 1853
Ampelisca dalmatina Karaman, 1975
Ampelisca diadema Costa, 1853
Ampelisca eschrichtii Krøyer, 1842
Ampelisca gaimardii (Krøyer, 1846)⇒ Byblis gaimardii Kröyer, 1846
Ampelisca gibba Sars, 1883
Ampelisca laevigata (Liljeborg, 1856)⇒ Ampelisca brevicornis Costa, 1853
Ampelisca macrocephala Liljeborg, 1852
Ampelisca odontoplax G.O. Sars, 1879
Ampelisca pectenata (Reid, 1951)⇒ Ampelisca brevicornis Costa, 1853
Ampelisca provincialis Bellan-Santi..., 1977
Ampelisca sarsi Chevreux, 1888
Ampelisca serraticaudata Chevreux, 1888
Ampelisca spinifer Reid, 1951
Ampelisca spinimana Chevreux, 1900
Ampelisca spinipes Boeck, 1861
Ampelisca spooneri Dauvin & Bel..., 1982
Ampelisca tenuicornis Liljeborg, 1855Smooth fanpetals
Ampelisca toulemonti Dauvin & Bel..., 1982
Ampelisca typica Bate, 1856
Argissa hamatipes Norman, 1869
Atylus bispinosa
Atylus bispinosus
Atylus carinatus Fabricius, 1793
Atylus falcatus (Metzger, 1871)⇒ Nototropis falcatus Metzer, 1871
Atylus guttatus Costa, 1853
Atylus swammerdamei Milne-Edwards, 1830
Atylus swammerdami Milne-Edwards, 1830Morrison's jewelflower
Atylus vedlomensis Bate & Westwood, 1862
Austrosyrrhoe fimbriatus Stebbing & R..., 1891
Bathyporeia elegans Watkin, 1938Sand digger shrimp
Bathyporeia gracilis Sars, 1891
Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana Bate, 1856
Bathyporeia nana Toulmond, 1966Ruby polygala
Bathyporeia norvegica (G.O.Sars, 1892)⇒ Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana Bate, 1856
Bathyporeia parvula
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
Bruzelia tuberculata Sars, 1882
Bruzelia typica Boeck, 1871
Byblis abyssi G.O. Sars, 1879
Byblis crassicornis Metzger, 1875Spreading bladderpod
Byblis erythrops Sars, 1883
Byblis gaimardi Krøyer, 1846
Byblis gaimardii Kröyer, 1846
Byblis minuticornis Sars, 1879
Cyproidea brevirostris (accepted as ..., 1893)⇒ Peltocoxa brevirostris Scott & Scott, 1893
Dexamine bispinosa (accepted as ..., 1857)⇒ Apherusa bispinosa Bate, 1857
Dexamine spinosa Montagu, 1813
Dexamine tenuicornis (Rathke, 1843)⇒ Dexamine spinosa Montagu, 1813
Dexamine thea Boeck, 1861
Guernea (Guernea) coalita Norman, 1868
Halicoides tertia Stephensen, 1931
Halicoides walkeri Ledoyer, 1973
Haploops carinata (Liljeborg, 1856)⇒ Haploops tubicola Liljeborg, 1856
Haploops robusta G.O.Sars, 1891
Haploops setosa Boeck, 1871
Haploops tubicola Liljeborg, 1856
Lepechinella arctica (Schellenberg, 1926)⇒ Lepechinella eupraxiella J.L. Barnard, 1973
Lepechinella eupraxiella J.L. Barnard, 1973
Megaluropus agilis Hoeck, 1889Hackberry
Melphidippa borealis Boeck, 1871
Melphidippa goesi Stebbing, 1899
Melphidippa macra
Melphidippa macrura Sars, 1894
Melphidippella macra Norman, 1869
Neotropis swammerdami
Nicippe tumida Bruzelius, 1859
Nototropis falcatus Metzer, 1871
Nototropis guttatus (Costa, 1853)⇒ Atylus guttatus Costa, 1853
Nototropis smitti Goës, 1866
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
Paradexamine frinsdorfi Sheard, 1938
Paradexamine pacifica Thomson, 1879
Pardalisca tenuipes Sars, 1893
Peltocoxa brevirostris Scott & Scott, 1893
Peltocoxa damnoniensis Stebbing, 1885
Peltocoxa marioni Catta, 1875
Pontoporeia femorata Krøyer, 1842
Syrrhoe affinis Chevreux, 1908
Syrrhoe fimbriatus (Stebbing & R..., 1891)⇒ Austrosyrrhoe fimbriatus Stebbing & R..., 1891
Tiron acanthurus Liljeborg, 1865
Tiron spiniferum Stimpson, 1853Cuba colubrina
Tiron spiniferus Stimpson, 1853
Tritaeta gibbosa Bate, 1862
Urothoe bairdii Bate, 1862
Urothoe brevicornis Bate, 1862
Urothoe elegans Bate, 1857
Urothoe grimaldii Chevreux, 1895
Urothoe marina Bate, 1857
Urothoe norvegica (Boeck, 1861)⇒ Urothoe bairdii Bate, 1862
Urothoe poseidonis Reibisch, 1905Mt. Adams lupine
Urothoe pulchella Costa, 1853

Subnodes of Gammaridea with occurrences in British Isles
SuperfamilyDexaminoidea
Leach, 1814
4
13
34
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyMelphidippoidea
Stebbing, 1899
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyPhoxocephaloidea
Sars, 1891
2
3
20
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyStenothoidea
Boeck, 1871
1
2
4
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySynopioidea
Dana, 1852
3
9
44
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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