Gammarus roeselii

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Gammarus roeselii

Conservation status
NE
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Gammaridae
Genus: Gammarus
Species: G. roeselii
Binomial name
Gammarus roeselii
(Gervais, 1835)
Synonyms

Rivulogammarus roeselii

Gammarus roeselii 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].

[edit] References

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