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Checklist for Suborder Gammaridea Latreille, 1802 (Gammarid amphipods)
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
156
461
943
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
155
460
942
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
77
171
268
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
39
81
127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Gammaridea
Latreille, 1802
Gammarid amphipods
9
13
20
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Sri Lanka
9 Families width 20 Species
Ampeliscidae Costa, 18578SpeciesTaxom
Argissidae Walker, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Cyproideidae (J. L. Barnard, 1974)2SpeciesTaxom
Dexaminidae Leach, 18144SpeciesTaxom
Melphidippidae Stebbing, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Megaluropidae Thomas & Bar..., 19871SpeciesTaxom
Atylidae (Lilljeborg, 1865)1SpeciesTaxom
Synopiidae Dana, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Urothoidae Bousfield, 19781SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Sri Lanka
13 Genera with 20 Species
Ampelisca Krøyer, 18887SpeciesTaxom
Argissa Boeck, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Byblis Boeck, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Cyproidea Haswell, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Dexamine Leach, 18612SpeciesTaxom
Gallea Walker, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Guernea Chevreux, 18872SpeciesTaxom
Hornellia Walker, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Megaluropus Hock, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Nototropis Jordan, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Tiron Liljeborg, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Tritaeta Boeck, 1876
0SpeciesTaxom
Urothoe Dana, 01SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sri Lanka
20 Species
Ampelisca brachyceras Walker, 1904
Ampelisca brevicornis Costa, 1853
Ampelisca chevreuxi (Walker, 1904)⇒ Ampelisca zamboangae Stebbing, 1888
Ampelisca cyclops Walker, 1904
Ampelisca scabripes Walker, 1904
Ampelisca tridens Walker, 1904
Ampelisca zamboangae Stebbing, 1888
Argissa hamatipes Norman, 1869
Byblis ceylonica J.L. Barnard, 1961
Cyproidea ornata Haswell, 1879Ladybug Amphipod
Dexamine serraticrus Walker, 1904
Dexamine thea Boeck, 1861
Gallea tecticauda (Walker, 1904)⇒ Cyproidea ornata Haswell, 1879
Guernea (Guernea) coalita Norman, 1868
Guernea laevis (Chevreux, 1887)⇒ Guernea coalita Norman, 1868
Hornellia (Hornellia) incerta Walker, 1904
Megaluropus agilis Hoeck, 1889Hackberry
Nototropis vedlomensis (Bate & Westwood, 1863)⇒ Atylus vedlomensis Bate & Westwood, 1862
Tiron thompsoni Walker, 1904
Urothoe spinidigitus

Subnodes of Gammaridea with occurrences in Sri Lanka
SuperfamilyDexaminoidea
Leach, 1814
3
5
6
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyMelphidippoidea
Stebbing, 1899
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyPhoxocephaloidea
Sars, 1891
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyStenothoidea
Boeck, 1871
1
2
2
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySynopioidea
Dana, 1852
3
4
10
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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