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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
232
864
1815
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
231
863
1814
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
97
220
346
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
40
63
91
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Gammaridea
Latreille, 1802
Gammarid amphipods
5
6
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Madagascar
5 Families width 11 Species
Pontoporeiidae Dana, 18534SpeciesTaxom
Ampeliscidae Costa, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Synopiidae Dana, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Dexaminidae Leach, 18141SpeciesTaxom
Atylidae Lilljeborg, 18652SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Madagascar
6 Genera with 11 Species
Bathyporeia Lindström, 18554SpeciesTaxom
Byblis Boeck, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Byblisoides K. H. Barnard, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Metatiron Rabindranath, 19792SpeciesTaxom
Paradexamine Stebbing, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Sandro Karaman & Ba..., 20112SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Madagascar
11 Species
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
Sandro starmuhlneri Ruffo, 1960
Sandro straussi Daneliya, 2011

Subnodes of Gammaridea with occurrences in Madagascar
SuperfamilyDexaminoidea
Leach, 1814
2
2
3
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