Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Senticaudata > Infraorder Gammarida > Parvorder Gammaridira > Superfamily Gammaroidea

Gammaracanthidae Bousfield, 1989

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Gammaracanthus Spence Bate, 1863

Literature

original description	Bousfield, E. L. (1989). Revised Morphological Relationships Within the Amphipod Genera Pontoporeia and Gammaracanthus and the "Glacial Relict" Significance of their Postglacial Distributions. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 46(10), 1714-1725.
basis of record	Lowry, J. K.; Myers, A. A. (2013). A Phylogeny and Classification of the Senticaudata subord. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Zootaxa. 3610(1): 1-80.
additional source	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Gammaracanthidae Bousfield, 1989. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101381