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

Gammaridae Latreille, 1802

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Akerogammarus Derzhavin & Pjatakova, 1967
Amathillina Grimm in G.O. Sars, 1894
Axelboeckia Stebbing, 1899
Chaetogammarus Martynov, 1924
Dikerogammarus Stebbing, 1899
Dinarogammarus Sket & Hou, 2018
Echinogammarus incertae sedis
Echinogammarus Stebbing, 1899
Euxinia Tucolesco, 1933
Fontogammarus S. Karaman, 1931
Gammarus Fabricius, 1775
Gmelina G.O. Sars, 1894
Gmelinopsis G.O. Sars, 1896
Jugogammarus S. Karaman, 1931
Kuzmelina G. S. Karaman & Barnard, 1979
Laurogammarus Karaman, 1984
Liagoceradocus Barnard, 1978
Longigammarus G.S. Karaman, 1970
Lunulogammarus Krapp-Schickel, Ruffo & Schiecke, 1994
Marinogammarus Schellenberg, 1937
Neogammarus Karaman, 1969
Niphargogammarus Birstein, 1945
Pallasiola Barnard & Barnard, 1983
Pectenogammarus Reid, 1940
Relictogammarus Hou & Sket, 2016
Rhipidogammarus Stock, 1971
Sarothrogammarus Martynov, 1935
Sensonator Notenboom, 1986
Shablogammarus Carausu, Dobreanu & Manolache, 1955
Stenogammarus Martynov, 1924
Synurella Wrzesniowksi, 1877
Turkogammarus G. S. Karaman & Barnard, 1979
Uroniphargoides Stock, 1974
Yogmelina Karaman & Barnard, 1979

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: vlokreeften sources: de Ruijter, E.; Schoenmaker, A. (Ed.) (1989). Zeeboek [The sea book]. 2nd revised ed. Jeugdbondsuitgeverij JBU / Stichting Uitgeverij KNNV: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5107-007-1. 238 pp.

French: gammaridés

Japanese: ヨコエビ科

Literature

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	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.
additional source	Hou, Z.; Sket, B. (2016). A review of Gammaridae (Crustacea: Amphipoda): the family extent, its evolutionary history, and taxonomic redefinition of genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 176(2): 323-348.
additional source	Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.
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.

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. Gammaridae Latreille, 1802. 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:101383

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Gammaridae Latreille, 1802. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/e1285a4c-484f-4011-a779-11941526fc75