Gammarus obruki explained

Gammarus obruki[1] is a species of freshwater amphipod, collected from İnderesi Cave, Bartın Province, Turkey. This species belongs to the Gammarus pulex-group. The most discriminant characters of this species are the presence of prolonged extremities, including a very long antennae, up to 52 segmented flagella, a densely setose fifth peduncle, l flagellar segments of antenna, and a fourth peduncle segment that has no long setae.

Notes and References

  1. Murat Özbek . 2012 . A new freshwater amphipod species, Gammarus obruki sp. nov., from Turkey (Amphipoda: Gammaridae) . . 36 . 5 . 567–575 . 10.3906/zoo-1112-2 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120906234348/http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/issues/zoo-12-36-5/zoo-36-5-1-1112-2.pdf . 2012-09-06 .