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Checklist for Order Amphipoda Latreille, 1816 (Amphipod)
and region Cowichan Valley (British Columbia, Canada)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
38
47
49
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
37
46
49
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
17
22
20
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
7
10
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cowichan Valley
7 Families width 9 Species
Corophiidae Leach, 18141SpeciesTaxom
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps2SpeciesTaxom
Anisogammaridae Bousfield, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Phoxocephalidae Sars, 18912SpeciesTaxom
Lysianassidae (Dana, 1849)1SpeciesTaxom
Melitidae Bousfield, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Talitridae Rafinesque, 1815Beach Hoppers1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cowichan Valley
10 Genera with 9 Species
Americorophium Bousfield an..., 18571SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 19352SpeciesTaxom
Corophium Latreille, 1806
0SpeciesTaxom
Eogammarus Birstein, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Heterophoxus Shoemaker, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Lysianassa Milne-Edwards, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Melita Leach, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Parametaphoxus Gurjanova, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Talorchestia Dana, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Traskorchestia Bousfield, 18571SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cowichan Valley
9 Species
Americorophium spinicorne Stimpson, 1857
Caprella laeviuscula Mayer, 1903
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Eogammarus confervicolus Stimpson, 1856
Heterophoxus conlanae Jarrett & Bo..., 1994
Lysianassa ceratina (Walker, 1889)⇒ Lysianassa caesarea Ruffo, 1987
Melita nitida Smith, 1873Comanche Peak prairie clover
Parametaphoxus quaylei Jarrett & Bo..., 1994
Traskorchestia traskiana Stimpson, 1857

Subnodes of Amphipoda with occurrences in Cowichan Valley
SuborderAmphilochidea
Boeck, 1871
2
3
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderSenticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
5
7
6
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Amphipoda at artfakta.se
Amphipoda at biodiversity.org.au
Amphipoda at dyntaxa.se
Amphipoda at gbif.org
Amphipoda at irmng.org
Amphipoda at itis.gov
Amphipoda at marinespecies.org