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Checklist for Suborder Gammaridea Latreille, 1802 (Gammarid amphipods)
and region Orkney Islands (Northern Isles, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
57
80
119
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
56
79
118
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
34
48
64
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
19
29
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Gammaridea
Latreille, 1802
Gammarid amphipods
4
5
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Orkney Islands
4 Families width 10 Species
Ampeliscidae Costa, 18573SpeciesTaxom
Pontoporeiidae Dana, 18533SpeciesTaxom
Dexaminidae Leach, 18142SpeciesTaxom
Urothoidae Bousfield, 19782SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Orkney Islands
5 Genera with 10 Species
Ampelisca Krøyer, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Bathyporeia Lindström, 18553SpeciesTaxom
Dexamine Leach, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Guernea Chevreux, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Urothoe Dana, 18572SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Orkney Islands
10 Species
Ampelisca brevicornis Costa, 1853
Ampelisca tenuicornis Liljeborg, 1855Smooth fanpetals
Ampelisca typica Bate, 1856
Bathyporeia elegans Watkin, 1938Sand digger shrimp
Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana Bate, 1856
Bathyporeia pilosa Lindstrom, 1855Newberry's velvetmallow
Dexamine thea Boeck, 1861
Guernea (Guernea) coalita Norman, 1868
Urothoe elegans Bate, 1857
Urothoe marina Bate, 1857

Subnodes of Gammaridea with occurrences in Orkney Islands
SuperfamilyDexaminoidea
Leach, 1814
1
2
2
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyPhoxocephaloidea
Sars, 1891
2
2
5
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySynopioidea
Dana, 1852
1
1
3
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



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