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

Gammaracanthidae Bousfield, 1989

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Gammaracanthus Bate, 1862

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. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 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). vii, 123 pp.

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External Links

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Citation

Väinölä, R.; Daneliya, M.; Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C. (2014). Gammaracanthidae Bousfield, 1989. In: Horton, T.; Lowry, J. & De Broyer, C. (2013 onwards) World Amphipoda Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101381

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2013-11-28 by Risto Väinölä

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