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Checklist for Order Amphipoda Latreille, 1816 (Amphipod)
and region Northern Orkney Islands (Orkney Islands, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
33
37
49
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
33
37
49
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
16
17
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
9
10
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Northern Orkney Islands
9 Families width 12 Species
Ampeliscidae Costa, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Pontoporeiidae Dana, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps3SpeciesTaxom
Corophiidae Leach, 18141SpeciesTaxom
Crangonyctidae Bousfield, 1973Gammarid amphipods1SpeciesTaxom
Gammaridae Leach, 1813Gammarids3SpeciesTaxom
Iphimediidae Boeck, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Ischyroceridae Stebbing, 18990SpeciesTaxom
Allocrangonyctidae Holsinger, 19891SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Northern Orkney Islands
10 Genera with 12 Species
Ampelisca Krøyer, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Bathyporeia Lindström, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 19353SpeciesTaxom
Corophium Latreille, 17661SpeciesTaxom
Crangonyx Bate, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Echinogammarus Stebbing, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Gammarus Fabricius, 1939Freshwater Shrimp Gammarus2SpeciesTaxom
Iphimedia Rathke, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Jassa Leach, 1814
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoniphargus Chevreux, 19881SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northern Orkney Islands
12 Species
Ampelisca brevicornis Costa, 1853
Bathyporeia pilosa Lindstrom, 1855Newberry's velvetmallow
Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Corophium volutator Pallas, 1766European mud scud
Crangonyx pseudogracilis Bousfield, 1958Northern river crangonyctid
Echinogammarus finmarchicus Dahl, 1938
Gammarus duebeni Liljeborg, 1852Bur mallow
Gammarus tigrinus Sexton, 1939Fewflower evening primrose
Iphimedia obesa Rathke, 1843
Pseudoniphargus baetis Notenboom, 1988

Subnodes of Amphipoda with occurrences in Northern Orkney Islands
SuborderAmphilochidea
Boeck, 1871
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderGammaridea
Latreille, 1802
Gammarid amphipods
2
2
2
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderSenticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
6
7
9
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