Gammarus
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Gammarus pulex
See also: gammarus
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin gammarus (“lobster”).
Proper noun
Gammarus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Gammaridae – typical scuds, small crustaceans resembling sand fleas.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass; Peracarida - superorder; Amphipoda - order; Senticaudata - suborder; Gammarida - infrorder; Gammaridira - parvorder; Gammaroidea - superfamily; Gammaridae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Gammarus pulex - type species; for other species see Gammarus at World Register of Marine Species
Derived terms
- Akerogammarus
- Albanogammarus
- Cephalogammarus
- Chaetogammarus
- Comatogammarus
- Condiciogammarus
- Dikerogammarus
- Echinogammarus
- Homoeogammarus
- Jubeogammarus
- Jugogammarus
- Lanceogammarus
- Laurogammarus
- Longigammarus
- Lunulogammarus
- Lusigammarus
- Marinogammarus
- Neogammarus
- Parhomoeogammarus
- Pectenogammarus
- Relictogammarus
- Rhipidogammarus
- Sarothrogammarus
- Shablogammarus
- Sinogammarus
- Trichogammarus
- Tyrrhenogammarus
References
Gammarus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Gammarus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Gammarus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gammarus at World Register of Marine Species
- Gammarus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Gammarus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Gammarus at Paleobiology Database
