Gammarus desperatus

Gammarus desperatus
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Gammaridae
Genus: Gammarus
Species: G. desperatus
Binomial name
Gammarus desperatus
Cole, 1981

Gammarus desperatus is a species of amphipod crustacean in the family Gammaridae.

G. desperatus was formerly found at three sites in New Mexico, but it has since been extirpated from two of these sites.[1] G. desperatus only survives within Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge.[1] It is listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List,[1] and as an endangered species under the United States Endangered Species Act.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 B. Lang & C. M. Pollock (2000). "Gammarus desperatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
  2. "Noel's Amphipod (Gammarus desperatus) species profile". Environmental Conservation Online System. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. October 10, 2010.