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Checklist for Suborder Gammaridea Latreille, 1802 (Gammarid amphipods)
and region Shetland Mainland (Shetland Islands, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
79
138
177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
78
137
176
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
58
112
141
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
29
67
85
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Gammaridea
Latreille, 1802
Gammarid amphipods
8
11
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Shetland Mainland
8 Families width 17 Species
Ampeliscidae Costa, 18577SpeciesTaxom
Argissidae Walker, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Pontoporeiidae Dana, 18532SpeciesTaxom
Dexaminidae Leach, 18142SpeciesTaxom
Melphidippidae Stebbing, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Pardaliscidae Boeck, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Atylidae (Lilljeborg, 1865)2SpeciesTaxom
Urothoidae Bousfield, 19781SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Shetland Mainland
11 Genera with 17 Species
Ampelisca Krøyer, 18555SpeciesTaxom
Argissa Boeck, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Bathyporeia Lindström, 19382SpeciesTaxom
Byblis Boeck, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Dexamine Leach, 18131SpeciesTaxom
Guernea Chevreux, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Haploops Liljeborg, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Melphidippa Boeck, 01SpeciesTaxom
Nicippe Bruzelius, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Nototropis Jordan, 18632SpeciesTaxom
Urothoe Dana, 18571SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Shetland Mainland
17 Species
Ampelisca brevicornis Costa, 1853
Ampelisca gibba Sars, 1883
Ampelisca macrocephala Liljeborg, 1852
Ampelisca spinipes Boeck, 1861
Ampelisca tenuicornis Liljeborg, 1855Smooth fanpetals
Argissa hamatipes Norman, 1869
Bathyporeia elegans Watkin, 1938Sand digger shrimp
Bathyporeia sarsi Watkin, 1938
Byblis gaimardii Kröyer, 1846
Dexamine spinosa Montagu, 1813
Guernea (Guernea) coalita Norman, 1868
Haploops tubicola Liljeborg, 1856
Melphidippa macra
Nicippe tumida Bruzelius, 1859
Nototropis guttatus (Costa, 1853)⇒ Atylus guttatus Costa, 1853
Nototropis vedlomensis (Bate & Westwood, 1863)⇒ Atylus vedlomensis Bate & Westwood, 1862
Urothoe elegans Bate, 1857

Subnodes of Gammaridea with occurrences in Shetland Mainland
SuperfamilyDexaminoidea
Leach, 1814
4
5
6
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyPhoxocephaloidea
Sars, 1891
2
2
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySynopioidea
Dana, 1852
2
4
8
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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