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Checklist for Suborder Gammaridea Latreille, 1802 (Gammarid amphipods)
and region Gulf of Mexico (North America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
221
714
1353
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
219
712
1348
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
118
334
535
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
55
138
242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Gammaridea
Latreille, 1802
Gammarid amphipods
6
7
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Gulf of Mexico
6 Families width 15 Species
Ampeliscidae Costa, 185711SpeciesTaxom
Pontoporeiidae Dana, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Argissidae Walker, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Melphidippidae Stebbing, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Dexaminidae Leach, 18140SpeciesTaxom
Synopiidae Dana, 18521SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Gulf of Mexico
7 Genera with 15 Species
Ampelisca Krøyer, 196711SpeciesTaxom
Amphiporeia Shoemaker, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Argissa Boeck, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Casco Shoemaker, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Polycheria Haswell, 1879
0SpeciesTaxom
Synopia Dana, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Tiron Liljeborg, 1865
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Gulf of Mexico
15 Species
Ampelisca abdita Mills, 1964Mount Hamilton jewelflower
Ampelisca agassizi Judd, 1896
Ampelisca bicarinata Goeke & Heard, 1983
Ampelisca brevisimulata J.L. Barnard, 1954Grassland pricklypear
Ampelisca holmesi Pearse, 1908Ground rose
Ampelisca lobata Holmes, 1908Nettles
Ampelisca parapacifica Goeke & Heard, 1984
Ampelisca schellenbergi Shoemaker, 1933Mt. Lassen clarkia
Ampelisca vadorum Mills, 1963Brewer's jewelflower
Ampelisca venetiensis Shoemaker, 1916Slender clarkia
Ampelisca verrilli Mills, 1967Southern jewelflower
Amphiporeia virginiana Shoemaker, 1933Mt. Lassen clarkia
Argissa hamatipes Norman, 1869
Casco bigelowi Blake, 1929
Synopia ultramarina Dana, 1853

Subnodes of Gammaridea with occurrences in Gulf of Mexico
SuperfamilyDexaminoidea
Leach, 1814
2
2
1
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyPhoxocephaloidea
Sars, 1891
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySynopioidea
Dana, 1852
3
4
13
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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