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Checklist for Suborder Gammaridea Latreille, 1802 (Gammarid amphipods)
and region Indian Ocean islands (East Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
296
1339
3460
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
295
1337
3457
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
135
428
810
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
55
128
187
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Gammaridea
Latreille, 1802
Gammarid amphipods
5
8
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Indian Ocean islands
5 Families width 13 Species
Atylidae Lilljeborg, 18653SpeciesTaxom
Pontoporeiidae Dana, 18534SpeciesTaxom
Ampeliscidae Costa, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Synopiidae Dana, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Dexaminidae Leach, 18142SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Indian Ocean islands
8 Genera with 13 Species
Atylus Leach, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Bathyporeia Lindström, 18554SpeciesTaxom
Byblis Boeck, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Byblisoides K. H. Barnard, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Metatiron Rabindranath, 19792SpeciesTaxom
Paradexamine Stebbing, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Polycheria Haswell, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Sandro Karaman & Ba..., 20112SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Indian Ocean islands
13 Species
Atylus carinatus Fabricius, 1793
Bathyporeia elegans Watkin, 1938Sand digger shrimp
Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana Bate, 1856
Bathyporeia pelagica Bate, 1857Sand digger shrimp
Bathyporeia pilosa Lindstrom, 1855Newberry's velvetmallow
Byblis rhinoceros Pirlot, 1936
Byblisoides plumicornis Ledoyer, 1978
Metatiron brevidactylus Pillai, 1957
Metatiron caecus Ledoyer, 1979
Paradexamine micronesica Ledoyer, 1978
Polycheria antarctica Stebbing, 1875
Sandro starmuhlneri Ruffo, 1960
Sandro straussi Daneliya, 2011

Subnodes of Gammaridea with occurrences in Indian Ocean islands
SuperfamilyDexaminoidea
Leach, 1814
2
4
5
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyPhoxocephaloidea
Sars, 1891
1
1
4
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySynopioidea
Dana, 1852
2
3
4
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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