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 balcanicus Schäferna, 1923

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

*Gammarus alarodius*	Derzhavin, 1938	subjective synonym
*Gammarus angustatus*	Martynov, 1930	subjective synonym
*Gammarus istrianus*	Karaman, 1931	subjective synonym
*Gammarus klisanus*	Karaman, 1931	subjective synonym
*Gammarus konjicensis*	Schäferna, 1922	subjective synonym
*Gammarus montanus*	Karaman, 1929	subjective synonym
*Gammarus nudus*	Martynov, 1931	subjective synonym
*Gammarus obensis*	Martynov, 1930	subjective synonym
*Gammarus pavlovici*	Karaman, 1929	subjective synonym
*Gammarus plancici*	Karaman, 1931	subjective synonym
*Gammarus spinicaudatus*	Schäferna, 1922	subjective synonym
*Gammarus stankoi*	Karaman, 1974	subjective synonym
*Gammarus talyschensis*	Derzhavin, 1939	subjective synonym
*Gammarus tauricus*	Martynov, 1931	subjective synonym
*Rivulogammarus bilecanus*	Karaman, 1964	subjective synonym
*Rivulogammarus dacicus*	Dobreanu & Manolache, 1942	subjective synonym
*Rivulogammarus neretvanus*	Karaman, 1931	subjective synonym
*Rivulogammarus occidentalis*	S. Karaman, 1935	subjective synonym
*Rivulogammarus orientalis*	S. Karaman, 1934	subjective synonym
*Rivulogammarus pannonicus*	S. Karaman, 1935	subjective synonym
*Rivulogammarus spinulatus*	Martynov, 1935	subjective synonym
*Rivulogammarus tatrensis*	Karaman, 1931	subjective synonym
*Rivulogammarus turcomanicus*	Birstein, 1945	subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: mitriku i liqenit

Literature

original description	Schäferna, K. (1923). Amphipoda balcanica, spolu s poznámkami o jiných sladkovodních Amphipodech. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Bohème Prague,Clasee des Sciences, Annee 1921-1922. 12: 1-111, pls. 1-11.
additional source	Hou, Z.; Sket, B.; Fiser, C.; Li, S. (2011). Eocene habitat shift from saline to freshwater promoted Tethyan amphipod diversification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(35): 14533-14538.
additional source	Mamos, T.; Wattier, R.; Majda, A.; Sket, B.; Grabowski, M. (2014). Morphological vs. molecular delineation of taxa across montane regions in Europe: the case study of Gammarus balcanicus Schäferna, (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 52(3): 237-248.
additional source	Mamos, T.; Wattier, R.; Burzyński, A.; Grabowski, M. (2016). The legacy of a vanished sea: a high level of diversification within a European freshwater amphipod species complex driven by 15 My of Paratethys regression. Molecular Ecology. 25(3): 795-810.
redescription	Karaman, G.S.; & Pinkster, S. (1987). Freshwater Gammarus Species from Europe, North Africa and Adjacent Regions of Asia (Crustacea-Amphipoda).: Part III. Gammarus balcanicus-Group and Related Species. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. 57(2), 207-260.

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 balcanicus Schäferna, 1923. 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:478927

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Gammarus balcanicus Schäferna, 1923. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/5452aedd-b58c-4a70-bebf-2a0e64551622