Gammarus

See also: gammarus

Translingual

Gammarus pulex

Etymology

From Latin gammarus (“lobster”).

Proper noun

Gammarus m

1. 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