Gammaridae
| Gammaridae | |
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| Gammarus roeselii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Suborder: | Senticaudata |
| Family: | Gammaridae Leach, 1813 |
| Genera | |
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Numerous, see text | |
Gammaridae is a family of amphipods. In North America they are included among the folk taxonomic category of "scuds",[1] and otherwise gammarids is usually used as a common name.
They have a wide distribution, centered on Eurasia, and are euryhaline as a lineage, inhabiting fresh to marine waters.
Systematics
The Gammaridae were for a long time used as a "wastebin taxon", which included numerous genera of gammaridean amphipods that since then have been removed to their own families, such as the Anisogammaridae, Melitidae, Niphargidae.
The following genera are currently listed in the family:[2]
- Akerogammarus Derzhavin & Pjatakova, 1967
- Albanogammarus Ruffo, 1995
- Amathillina G. O. Sars, 1894
- Axelboeckia Stebbing, 1899
- Baku Karaman & Barnard, 1979
- Cephalogammarus Karaman & Barnard, 1979
- Chaetogammarus Martynov, 1924
- Comatogammarus Stock, 1981
- Condiciogammarus G. Karaman, 1984
- Dershavinella Birstein, 1938
- Dikerogammarus Stebbing, 1899
- Echinogammarus Stebbing, 1899
- Gammarus Fabricius, 1775
- Gmelina G. O. Sars, 1894
- Gmelinopsis G. O. Sars, 1896
- Ilvanella Vigna-Taglianti, 1971
- Jubeogammarus G. Karaman, 1984
- Jugogammarus S. Karaman, 1953
- Kuzmelina Karaman & Barnard, 1979
- Lanceogammarus Karaman & Barnard, 1979
- Laurogammarus G. Karaman, 1984
- Longigammarus G.S. Karaman, 1970
- Lunulogammarus Krapp-Schickel, Ruffo & Schiecke, 1994
- Lusigammarus Barnard & Barnard, 1983
- Marinogammarus Sexton & Spooner, 1940
- Neogammarus Ruffo, 1937
- Pectenogammarus Reid, 1940
- Rhipidogammarus Stock, 1971
- Sarothrogammarus Martynov, 1935
- Scytaelina Stock, Mirzajani, Vonk, Naderi & Kiabi, 1998
- Shablogammarus Carausu, Dobreanu & Manolache, 1955
- Sinogammarus Karaman & Ruffo, 1994
- Sowinskya Derzhavin, 1948
- Tadzhikistania Barnard & Barnard, 1983
- Tadzocrangonyx Karaman & Barnard, 1979
- Tyrrhenogammarus Karaman & Ruffo, 1989
- Yogmelina Karaman & Barnard, 1979
References
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- ↑ "Scuds". West Fly. 2006. Archived from the original on May 25, 2006. Retrieved August 7, 2006.
- ↑ J. Lowry, C. De Broyer, M. Costello & D. Bellan-Santini (2010). J. Lowry, ed. "Gammaridae". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 4, 2010.
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