GAMMARIDAE Leach, 1814
(freshwater and sand shrimps)

GAMMARIDAE (freshwater and sand shrimps) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Dikerogammarus
a genus of crustaceans
Genus 1 subtaxa 5 references
Gammarus
a genus of freshwater and sand shrimps
Genus 1 subtaxa 8 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyGAMMARIDAE (freshwater and sand shrimps)
SuperfamilyGAMMAROIDEA (a superfamily of crustaceans)
ParvorderGammaridira (a parvorder of crustaceans)
InfraorderGammarida (an infraorder of crustaceans)
SuborderSENTICAUDATA (a suborder of crustaceans)
OrderAMPHIPODA (freshwater shrimps, sand hoppers and other amphipods)
SuperorderPERACARIDA (amphipods, woodlice, cumaceans etc.)
SubclassEUMALACOSTRACA (a subclass of crustaceans)
ClassMALACOSTRACA (crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.)
SubphylumCRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for GAMMARIDAE (freshwater and sand shrimps)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Platvoet, D. Freshwater Amphipods wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/amphipoda.php

GAMMARIDAE (freshwater and sand shrimps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to GAMMARIDAE (freshwater and sand shrimps):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 123 images of GAMMARIDAE (freshwater and sand shrimps)
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