Echinogammarus Explained

Echinogammarus is a genus of amphipod crustaceans in the family Gammaridae. The status of many of its species is incertae sedis, but its type species is Echinogammarus berilloni.[1] Species in Echinogammarus are parasitized by the Filozoan species Txikispora philomaios.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Echinogammarus Stebbing, 1899 . 2024-05-06 . www.marinespecies.org.
  2. Urrutia . Ander . Feist . Stephen . Bass . David . 2022 . Txikispora philomaios n. sp., n. g., a micro-eukaryotic pathogen of amphipods, reveals parasitism and hidden diversity in Class Filasterea . . 69 . 2 . 10.1111/jeu.12875.

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