Gammaridae
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" for numerous other genera of Gammaridea. these have now been removed to groups such as the Anisogammaridae, Calliopiidae, Melitidae, Niphargidae, Pontoporeiidae or Talitridae.
The family contains the following genera:[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
- Elasmopoides Stebbing, 1908
- Gammarus Fabricius, 1775
- Gmelina G. O. Sars, 1894
- Gmelinoides Bazikalova, 1945
- 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
- Mallacoota Barnard, 1972
- Marinogammarus Sexton & Spooner, 1940
- Neogammarus Ruffo, 1937
- Obesogammarus Stock, 1974
- Pallasea Bate, 1862
- Pallasiola Barnard & Barnard, 1983
- Parelasmopus Stebbing, 1888
- 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
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