Anisogammaridae Explained

Anisogammaridae is a family of small benthic amphipods,^[1] endemic to the northern part of the Pacific rim.^[2] The family contains the following genera:^[3]

• Anisogammarus Derzhavin, 1927
• Barrowgammarus Bousfield, 1979
• Carineogammarus Bousfield, 1979
• Eogammarus Birstein, 1933
• Eurypodogammarus Hou, Morino & Li, 2005
• Fuxiana Sket, 2000
• Fuxigammarus Sket & Fišer, 2009
• Jesogammarus Bousfield, 1979
• Locustogammarus Bousfield, 1979
• Ramellogammarus Bousfield, 1979
• Spasskogammarus Bousfield, 1979
• Spinulogammarus Tzvetkova, 1972

Further reading

• B. Sket . C. Fišer . 2009 . A new case of intralacustrine radiation in Amphipoda. A new genus and three new species of Anisogammaridae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from the ancient lake Fuxian Hu in Yunnan, China . . 47 . 2 . 115–123 . 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2008.00477.x.

Notes and References

1. Ko Tomikawa . Norio Kobayashi . Hiroshi Morino . Zhong-E. Hou . Shunsuke F. Mawatari . 2007 . Phylogenetic relationships within the genus Jesogammarus (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Anisogammaridae) deduced from mitochondrial COI and 12S sequences . . 24 . 2 . 173–180 . 10.2108/zsj.24.173 . 17409730. 19957234 .
2. Hou Zhong-E . Morino Hiroshi . Li Shu-Qiang . 2005 . A new genus and species of freshwater Anisogammaridae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from Yunnan, China . . 30 . 4 . 737–747.
3. Jim Lowry . Claude De Broyer . Mark Costello . Denise Bellan-Santini . 2010 . Anisogammaridae . Amphipoda . 101367 . April 17, 2012.