Gammaridae

Gammaridae
Gammarus roeselii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Suborder: Gammaridea
Family: Gammaridae
Leach, 1813
Genera

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" 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

References

  1. ^ "Scuds". West Fly. 2006. Archived from the original on May 25, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060525145021/http://www.westfly.com/ento/others/scuds.htm. Retrieved August 7, 2006. 
  2. ^ J. Lowry, C. De Broyer, M. Costello & D. Bellan-Santini (2010). "Gammaridae". In J. Lowry. World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101383. Retrieved October 4, 2010.