Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Amphilochidea > Infraorder Lysianassida > Parvorder Synopiidira > Superfamily Synopioidea > Family Ampeliscidae

Ampelisca Krøyer, 1842

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ampelisia*	Krøyer, 1846	orthographic variant
*Araneops*	A. Costa, 1853	synonym
*Tetromatus*	Spence Bate, 1857	synonym

Children

Ampelisca abyssicola Stebbing, 1888
Ampelisca aequicornis Bruzelius, 1859
Ampelisca amblyops G.O. Sars, 1891
Ampelisca anomala G.O. Sars, 1883
Ampelisca anophthalma Bellan-Santini & Kaim-Malka, 1977
Ampelisca antennata Bellan-Santini & Kaim-Malka, 1977
Ampelisca armoricana Bellan-Santini & Dauvin, 1981
Ampelisca brevicornis (A. Costa, 1853)
Ampelisca calypsonis Bellan-Santini & Kaim-Malka, 1977
Ampelisca cavicoxa Reid, 1951
Ampelisca compacta Norman, 1882
Ampelisca dalmatina Karaman, 1975
Ampelisca declivitatis Mills, 1967
Ampelisca diadema (A. Costa, 1853)
Ampelisca eclimensis King, Myers & McGrath, 2004
Ampelisca eschrichtii Krøyer, 1842
Ampelisca gibba G.O. Sars, 1883
Ampelisca heterodactyla Schellenberg, 1925
Ampelisca intermedia Bellan-Santini & Diviacco, 1990
Ampelisca islandica Bellan-Santini & Dauvin, 1996
Ampelisca jaffaensis Bellan-Santini & Kaim-Malka, 1977
Ampelisca latifrons Schellenberg, 1925
Ampelisca ledoyeri Bellan-Santini & Kaim-Malka, 1977
Ampelisca lusitanica Bellan-Santini & Marques, 1987
Ampelisca macrocephala Liljeborg, 1853
Ampelisca massiliensis Bellan-Santini & Kaim-Malka, 1977
Ampelisca melitae Dauvin & Bellan-Santini, 1985
Ampelisca multispinosa Bellan-Santini & Kaim-Malka, 1977
Ampelisca odontoplax G. O. Sars, 1879
Ampelisca parabyblisoides Dauvin & Bellan-Santini, 1996
Ampelisca pectenata Reid, 1951
Ampelisca planierensis Bellan-Santini & Kaim-Malka, 1977
Ampelisca provincialis Bellan-Santini & Kaim-Malka, 1977
Ampelisca pseudosarsi Bellan-Santini & Kaim-Malka, 1977
Ampelisca pseudospinimana Bellan-Santini & Kaim-Malka, 1977
Ampelisca pusilla G.O. Sars, 1891
Ampelisca remora Bellan-Santini & Dauvin, 1986
Ampelisca rubella A. Costa, 1864
Ampelisca ruffoi Bellan-Santini & Kaim-Malka, 1977
Ampelisca sarsi Chevreux, 1888
Ampelisca serraticaudata Chevreux, 1888
Ampelisca sorbei Dauvin & Bellan-Santini, 1996
Ampelisca spinifer Reid, 1951
Ampelisca spinimana Chevreux, 1887
Ampelisca spinipes Boeck, 1861
Ampelisca tenuicornis Liljeborg, 1856
Ampelisca toulemonti Dauvin & Bellan-Santini, 1982
Ampelisca truncata Bellan-Santini & Kaim-Malka, 1977
Ampelisca typica (Spence Bate, 1857)
Ampelisca uncinata Chevreux, 1887
Ampelisca unidentata Schellenberg, 1936
Ampelisca verga Reid, 1951
Ampelisca vervecei Bellan-Santini & Kaim-Malka, 1977

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: スガメソコエビ／スガメ属

Literature

original description	Krøyer, H. (1842). Nye nordiske slaegter og arter af amfipodernes orden, henhorende til familien Gammarina. (Forelobigt uddrag af et storre arbejde). Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. I. 4: 141-166.
basis of record	Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308.
additional source	De Broyer, C.; Lowry, J.K.; Jazdzewski, K. & Robert, H. (2007). Catalogue of the Gammaridean and Corophiidean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Southern Ocean, with distribution and ecological data. In: De Broyer C. (ed.). Census of Antarctic Marine Life: Synopsis of the Amphipoda of the Southern Ocean. Vol. I. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Biologie. 77, suppl. 1: 1-325.
identification resource	Bellan-Santini, D. (1982). Family Ampeliscidae. The Amphipoda of the Mediteranean. Part 1. Gammaridea (Acanthonotozomatidae to Gammaridea). Mémoires de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco. 13: 19-69.
identification resource	Dauvin, J.-C.; Bellan-Santini, D. (1996). Ampeliscidae (Amphipoda) from the Bay of Biscay. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 16(1): 149-168.
identification resource	Bellan-Santini, D.; Dauvin, J.-C. (1997). Ampeliscidae (Amphipoda) from Iceland with a description of a new species (Contribution to the BIOICE Research Program). Journal of Natural History. 31: 1157-1173.
identification resource	Dauvin, J.-C.; Bellan-Santini, D. (1988). Illustrated key to Ampelisca species from the North-Eastern Atlantic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 68(4): 659-676.
identification resource	Barnard, J.L. (1954). Amphipoda of the family Ampeliscidae collected in the Eastern Pacific Ocean by the Velero III an Velero IV. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 18(1): 1-137.

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. Ampelisca Krøyer, 1842. 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:101445