Gammarus roeseli

Gammarus roeseli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Gammaridae
Genus: Gammarus
Species: G. roeseli
Binomial name
Gammarus roeseli
Gervais, 1835 [1]
Synonyms

Gammarus roeselii (lapsus)
Rivulogammarus roeseli

Gammarus roeseli is a species of freshwater amphipod found across Europe from the Benelux countries to European Turkey.[1] It spread from the Balkans northwards, via the Danube system to establish itself as an alien species in Poland, although it is not an invasive species.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Gammarus roeseli Gervais 1835". Fauna Europaea. 2007-05-04.
  2. Michał Grabowski, Krzysztof Jażdżewski & Alicja Konopacka (2007). "Alien Crustacea in Polish waters – Amphipoda" (PDF). Aquatic Invasions 2 (1): 25–38. doi:10.3391/ai.2007.2.1.3.


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