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Gammaridea 
AphiaID: 1207

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Amphipoda (Order)
Authority Latreille, 1802
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Suborder
Parent Amphipoda
Sources  basis of record: Brusca, R.C.; Brusca, G.J. (1990). Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA (USA). ISBN 0-87893-098-1. 922 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

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. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Barnard J.L. & Karaman G.S. 1991. The families and genera of marine gammaridean Amphipoda (except marine gammaroids). Part 1 Rec. Aust. Mus., Suppl. 13(1): 1–417 , available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.0812-7387.13.1991.91 [details]

Direct child
taxa
 Family Acanthonotozomatidae Stebbing, 1906
Family Acanthonotozomellidae Coleman & Barnard, 1991
Family Alicellidae Lowry & De Broyer, 2008
Family Amathillopsidae Pirlot, 1934
Family Ampeliscidae Krøyer, 1842
Family Amphilochidae Boeck, 1871
Family Argissidae Walker, 1904
Family Astyridae Pirlot, 1934
Family Atylidae Lilljeborg, 1865
Family Bateidae Stebbing, 1906
Family Bolttsiidae Barnard & Karaman, 1987
Family Cheidae Thurston, 1982
Family Cheluridae Allman, 1847
Family Colomastigidae Stebbing, 1899
Family Condukiidae Barnard & Drummond, 1982
Family Cressidae Stebbing, 1899
Family Cyproideidae J.L. Barnard, 1974
Family Dexaminidae Leach, 1814
Family Didymocheliidae Bellan-Santini & Ledoyer, 1987
Family Dikwidae Coleman & Barnard, 1991
Family Epimeriidae Boeck, 1871
Superfamily Eusiroidea
Family Exoedicerotidae Barnard & Drummond, 1982
Family Haustoriidae Stebbing, 1906
Family Hyperiopsidae Bovallius, 1886
Family Ipanemidae Barnard & Thomas, 1988
Family Iphimediidae Boeck, 1871
Family Lafystiidae Sars, 1893
Family Laphystiopsidae Stebbing, 1899
Family Leucothoidae Dana, 1852
Family Liljeborgiidae Stebbing, 1899
Superfamily Lysianassoidea
Family Maxillipiidae Ledoyer, 1973
Family Megaluropidae Thomas & Barnard, 1986
Family Melphidippidae Stebbing, 1899
Family Miramarassidae Lowry, 2006
Family Nihotungidae J.L. Barnard, 1972
Family Ochlesidae Stebbing, 1910
Family Odiidae Coleman & Barnard, 1991
Family Oedicerotidae Lilljeborg, 1865
Family Pagetinidae K.H. Barnard, 1931
Family Paracalliopiidae Barnard & Karaman, 1982
Family Pardaliscidae Boeck, 1871
Family Phoxocephalidae Sars, 1891
Family Phoxocephalopsidae Barnard & Drummond, 1982
Family Platyischnopidae Barnard & Drummond, 1979
Family Pleustidae Buchholz, 1874
Family Podosiridae Lowry & Myers, 2012
Superfamily Pontoporeioidea
Family Pseudamphilochidae Schellenberg, 1931
Family Sebidae Walker, 1908
Family Sicafodiidae Just, 2004
Family Stegocephalidae Dana, 1855
Family Stenothoidae Boeck, 1871
Family Stilipedidae Holmes, 1908
Family Synopiidae Dana, 1853
Family Thurstonellidae Lowry & Zeidler, 2008
Family Urohaustoriidae Barnard & Drummond, 1982
Family Urothoidae Bousfield, 1978
Family Valettiidae Stebbing, 1888
Family Valettiopsidae Lowry & De Broyer, 2008
Family Vicmusiidae Just, 1990
Family Vitjazianidae Birstein & M. Vinogradov, 1955
Family Zobrachoidae Barnard & Drummond, 1982

Family Cardenioidae Barnard & Karaman, 1987 accepted as Synopiidae Dana, 1853
Family Clarenciidae Barnard & Karaman, 1987 accepted as Thurstonellidae Lowry & Zeidler, 2008
Superfamily Iphimedioidea accepted as Iphimediidae Boeck, 1871
Family Lepechinellidae Schellenberg, 1926 accepted as Dexaminidae Leach, 1814
Family Megaluropodidae Bousfield, 1982 accepted as Megaluropidae Thomas & Barnard, 1986
Family Paramphitoidae accepted as Epimeriidae Boeck, 1871
Family Tironidae accepted as Synopiidae Dana, 1853
Family Trischizostomatidae Liljeborg, 1865 accepted as Lysianassoidea
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1207
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2005-05-02 07:36:34Z  changed  Cuvelier, Daphne
2011-02-24 14:23:55Z  checked  De Broyer, Claude
2012-11-20 14:37:10Z  checked  De Broyer, Claude
  
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  Citation: De Broyer, C. (2013). Gammaridea. In: Horton, T.; Lowry, J. & De Broyer, C. (2013) World Amphipoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1207 on 2013-06-19
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