Echinogammarus
Genus of amphipod crustaceans
| Echinogammarus | |
|---|---|
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| Echinogammarus ischnus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Gammaridae |
| Genus: | Echinogammarus Stebbing, 1899 |
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]
References
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Echinogammarus Stebbing, 1899". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
- ^ 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". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 69 (2). doi:10.1111/jeu.12875.
