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 > Family Gammaridae > Genus Gammarus

Gammarus pulex (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gammarus*	Fabricius, 1775	accepted genus name
*Cancer (Gammarus)*	Fabricius, 1775	synonym

Species group names

*Cancer pulex*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Gammarus fluviatilis*	H. Milne Edwards, 1830	synonym

Children

Gammarus pulex araurensis Pinkster, 1972
Gammarus pulex cognominis G. S. Karaman & Pinkster, 1977
Gammarus pulex gallicus (S. Karaman, 1931)
Gammarus pulex polonensis G. S. Karaman & Pinkster, 1977
Gammarus pulex pulex (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: almindelig ferskvandstangloppe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: common freshwater amphipod; common freshwater shrimp; common riverine amphipod; freshwater shrimp sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

French: puce de mer

German: Bachflohkrebs; Gemeiner Flohkrebs

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
basis of record	Grabowski, M.; Konopacka, A.; Jazdzewski, K.; Janowska, E. (2006). Invasions of alien gammarid species and retreat of natives in the Vistula Lagoon (Baltic Sea, Poland). Helgol. Mar. Res. 60(2): 90-97.
redescription	Karaman G.S. & Pinkster S. (1977). Freshwater Gammarus species from Europe, North Africa and adjacent regions of Asia (Crustacea - Amphipoda). Part I. Gammarus pulex - group and related species. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. 47, 1, 1-97.

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. Gammarus pulex (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:234074

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Gammarus pulex (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/8b2bc794-7f9b-4fe8-8692-fb661b45fb79