WoRMS taxon details
Micruropus Stebbing, 1899
545512 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:545512)
accepted
Genus
Gammarus fixsenii Dybowsky, 1874 accepted as Micruropus fixsenii (Dybowsky, 1874) accepted as Quasimicruropus fixsenii (Dybowsky, 1874) (type by subsequent designation)
Microgammarus Sowinsky, 1915 · unaccepted
Micruropus (Gammarisca) Bazikalova, 1945 · unaccepted
Micruropus (Microgammarus) Sowinsky, 1915 · unaccepted
Micruropus (Micruropus) Stebbing, 1899 · unaccepted
Micruropus (Setogammarus) Bazikalova, 1945 · unaccepted
- Species Micruropus angarensis Dorogostaisky, 1917
- Species Micruropus asper Bazikalova, 1962
- Species Micruropus brevicauda Bazikalova, 1945
- Species Micruropus calceolaris Bazikalova, 1945
- Species Micruropus ciliodorsalis Sowinsky, 1915
- Species Micruropus crassicauda Bazikalova, 1962
- Species Micruropus crassipes Sowinsky, 1915
- Species Micruropus cristatus Dorogostaisky, 1936
- Species Micruropus dubius Bazikalova, 1962
- Species Micruropus eugenii Bazikalova, 1959
- Species Micruropus eurypus Bazikalova, 1945
- Species Micruropus galasii Bazikalova, 1962
- Species Micruropus garjajewi Bazikalova, 1945
- Species Micruropus glaber (Dybowsky, 1874)
- Species Micruropus gurjanowae Bazikalova, 1945
- Species Micruropus ivanowi Bazikalova, 1945
- Species Micruropus klukii (Dybowsky, 1874)
- Species Micruropus koshowi Bazikalova, 1945
- Species Micruropus laeviusculus (Sowinsky, 1915)
- Species Micruropus latus Bazikalova, 1962
- Species Micruropus macroconus Bazikalova, 1945
- Species Micruropus minutus (Sowinsky, 1915)
- Species Micruropus mozi Bazikalova, 1945
- Species Micruropus murini Bazikalova, 1945
- Species Micruropus parvulus Bazikalova, 1945
- Species Micruropus platycercus (Dybowsky, 1874)
- Species Micruropus possolskii Sowinsky, 1915
- Species Micruropus pupilla Bazikalova, 1962
- Species Micruropus pusillus Bazikalova, 1962
- Species Micruropus rostratus Bazikalova, 1962
- Species Micruropus semenowi Bazikalova, 1945
- Species Micruropus setosus Bazikalova, 1945
- Species Micruropus talitroides (Dybowsky, 1874)
- Species Micruropus tenuis Bazikalova, 1962
- Species Micruropus ushkani Bazikalova, 1945
- Species Micruropus wahlii (Dybowsky, 1874)
- Subgenus Micruropus (Gammarisca) Bazikalova, 1945 accepted as Micruropus Stebbing, 1899
- Subgenus Micruropus (Microgammarus) Sowinsky, 1915 accepted as Micruropus Stebbing, 1899
- Subgenus Micruropus (Micruropus) Stebbing, 1899 accepted as Micruropus Stebbing, 1899
- Subgenus Micruropus (Setogammarus) Bazikalova, 1945 accepted as Micruropus Stebbing, 1899
- Species Micruropus (Setogammarus) cristatus Dorogostaisky, 1936 accepted as Micruropus cristatus Dorogostaisky, 1936 (alternate representation)
- Species Micruropus alaskensis Bousfield & Hubbard, 1968 accepted as Gammaroporeia alaskensis (Bousfield & Hubbard, 1968) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Micruropus bogucani Bazikalova, 1945 accepted as Micruropus laeviusculus (Sowinsky, 1915) (junior synonym)
- Species Micruropus dybowskii Bazikalova, 1945 accepted as Quasimicruropus dybowskii (Bazikalova, 1945) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Micruropus fixsenii (Dybowsky, 1874) accepted as Quasimicruropus fixsenii (Dybowsky, 1874)
- Species Micruropus inflatus (Dybowsky, 1874) accepted as Crypturopus inflatus (Dybowsky, 1874) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Micruropus lepidus Bazikalova, 1945 accepted as Pseudomicruropus lepidus (Bazikalova, 1945) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Micruropus littoralis (Dybowsky, 1874) accepted as Quasimicruropus littoralis (Dybowsky, 1874) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Micruropus puella (Dybowsky, 1874) accepted as Eremogammarus puella (Dybowsky, 1874)
- Species Micruropus rotundatulus Bazikalova, 1945 accepted as Pseudomicruropus rotundatulus (Bazikalova, 1945) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Micruropus rugosus (Dybowsky, 1874) accepted as Crypturopus rugosus (Dybowsky, 1874) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Micruropus simplex (Sowinsky, 1915) accepted as Bazikalovia simplex (Sowinsky, 1915)
- Species Micruropus stelleri Kamaltynov, 2002 accepted as Micruropus dybowskii Bazikalova, 1945 accepted as Quasimicruropus dybowskii (Bazikalova, 1945)
- Species Micruropus sublittoralis Sowinsky, 1915 accepted as Gmelinoides fasciatus (Stebbing, 1899)
- Species Micruropus tomilovi Kamaltynov, 2002 accepted as Micruropus dybowskii Bazikalova, 1945 accepted as Quasimicruropus dybowskii (Bazikalova, 1945)
- Species Micruropus vortex (Dybowsky, 1874) accepted as Linevichella vortex (Dybowsky, 1874)
- Species Micruropus vorticellus Bazikalova, 1945 accepted as Linevichella vorticella (Bazikalova, 1945) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Micruropus wohlii (Dybowsky, 1874) accepted as Micruropus wahlii (Dybowsky, 1874) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
fresh
Stebbing, T. R. R. (1899). Amphipoda from the Copenhagen Museum and other sources, part II. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London: Zoology.</em> (ser 2) 8: 395-432, Pls 30-35., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8599617/#page/493/mode/1up
page(s): 424 [details]
page(s): 424 [details]
Etymology "The generic name refers to the smallness of the third uropods."
Etymology "The generic name refers to the smallness of the third uropods." [details]
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Micruropus Stebbing, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=545512 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Stebbing, T. R. R. (1899). Amphipoda from the Copenhagen Museum and other sources, part II. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London: Zoology.</em> (ser 2) 8: 395-432, Pls 30-35., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8599617/#page/493/mode/1up
page(s): 424 [details]
original description (of Micruropus (Gammarisca) Bazikalova, 1945) Bazikalova, A.Y. (1945). Amfipody ozera Baikala [Amphipods of Lake Baikal]. <em>Trudy Baikalskoi Limnologicheskoi Stantsii, Akademiya Nauk SSSR.</em> 11: 1-440.
page(s): 41 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Microgammarus Sowinsky, 1915) Sovinsky, V.K. (1915). Amphipoda ozera Baikala (Sem. Gammaridae). Zoologicheskiye issledovaniya ozera Baikala. <em>IX. , Kiev.</em> 381: 37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35130283
page(s): 47 [details]
original description (of Micruropus (Setogammarus) Bazikalova, 1945) Bazikalova, A.Y. (1945). Amfipody ozera Baikala [Amphipods of Lake Baikal]. <em>Trudy Baikalskoi Limnologicheskoi Stantsii, Akademiya Nauk SSSR.</em> 11: 1-440.
page(s): 36 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Kamaltynov, R.M. (2001). Amfipody (Amphipoda: Gammaroidea). In: Timoshkin, O.A. (ed.) Annotirovannyi spisok fauny ozera Baikal i ego vodosbornogo basseina. Tom I: Ozero Baikal. Kniga 1 [Index of animal species inhabiting Lake Baikal and its catchment area. Vol. I: Lake Baikal. Book 1]. <em>Nauka, Novosibirsk.</em> pp. 572-831. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 424 [details]
original description (of Micruropus (Gammarisca) Bazikalova, 1945) Bazikalova, A.Y. (1945). Amfipody ozera Baikala [Amphipods of Lake Baikal]. <em>Trudy Baikalskoi Limnologicheskoi Stantsii, Akademiya Nauk SSSR.</em> 11: 1-440.
page(s): 41 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Microgammarus Sowinsky, 1915) Sovinsky, V.K. (1915). Amphipoda ozera Baikala (Sem. Gammaridae). Zoologicheskiye issledovaniya ozera Baikala. <em>IX. , Kiev.</em> 381: 37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35130283
page(s): 47 [details]
original description (of Micruropus (Setogammarus) Bazikalova, 1945) Bazikalova, A.Y. (1945). Amfipody ozera Baikala [Amphipods of Lake Baikal]. <em>Trudy Baikalskoi Limnologicheskoi Stantsii, Akademiya Nauk SSSR.</em> 11: 1-440.
page(s): 36 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Kamaltynov, R.M. (2001). Amfipody (Amphipoda: Gammaroidea). In: Timoshkin, O.A. (ed.) Annotirovannyi spisok fauny ozera Baikal i ego vodosbornogo basseina. Tom I: Ozero Baikal. Kniga 1 [Index of animal species inhabiting Lake Baikal and its catchment area. Vol. I: Lake Baikal. Book 1]. <em>Nauka, Novosibirsk.</em> pp. 572-831. [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Kamaltynov R.M. (2009). Vysshie rakoobraznye (Amphipoda: Gammaroidea) Angary i Eniseya. In: Timoshkin, O.A. (ed.) Annotirovannyi spisok fauny ozera Baikal i ego vodosbornogo basseina. Tom II: Vodoemy i vodotoki yuga Vostochnoi Sibiri i Severnoi Mongolii. Kniga 1. [Index of animal species inhabiting Lake Baikal and its catchment area. Vol. II: Basins and channels in the south of East Siberia and North Mongolia. Book 1]. Nauka, Novosibirsk, pp. 297−329. [details] Available for editors
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Other
additional source
Takhteev V.V., Berezina N.A., Sidorov D.A. (2015). Checklist of the Amphipoda (Crustacea) from continental waters of Russia, with data on alien species. <em>Arthropoda Selecta.</em> 24(3): 335–370. [details] Available for editors
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subsequent type designation Bazikalova, A.Y. (1945). Amfipody ozera Baikala [Amphipods of Lake Baikal]. <em>Trudy Baikalskoi Limnologicheskoi Stantsii, Akademiya Nauk SSSR.</em> 11: 1-440.
note: of Gammarus wahlii; invalid as type was already designated by Dybowsky (1924) [details] Available for editors
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subsequent type designation Dybowsky B.N. (1924). Baicalogammaridea.-- Gammariden des Baikalsees. I. Teil. Limnophili Baicalogammarini. (Die den Boden des Sees bewohnenden Formen). Bulletin International de l' Académie Polonaise des Sciences et des Lettres. Classe des Sciences Mathématiques et Naturelles, Série B: Sciences Naturelles, N° suppl., 1924, 92 pp. [details]

subsequent type designation Bazikalova, A.Y. (1945). Amfipody ozera Baikala [Amphipods of Lake Baikal]. <em>Trudy Baikalskoi Limnologicheskoi Stantsii, Akademiya Nauk SSSR.</em> 11: 1-440.
note: of Gammarus wahlii; invalid as type was already designated by Dybowsky (1924) [details] Available for editors

subsequent type designation Dybowsky B.N. (1924). Baicalogammaridea.-- Gammariden des Baikalsees. I. Teil. Limnophili Baicalogammarini. (Die den Boden des Sees bewohnenden Formen). Bulletin International de l' Académie Polonaise des Sciences et des Lettres. Classe des Sciences Mathématiques et Naturelles, Série B: Sciences Naturelles, N° suppl., 1924, 92 pp. [details]




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Editor's comment The notion of Gammarus fixsenii as the type species creates contradiction with the current classification, as Kamaltynov (2009) placed this species in the new genus Quasimicruropus Kamaltynov, 2010 and family Crypturopodidae Kamaltynov, 2002. [details]Etymology "The generic name refers to the smallness of the third uropods." [details]
Type designation Bazikalova (1945) designated Gammarus wahlii Dybowsky, 1874, as the type species, not noting that Dybowsky (1924) already had fixed Gammarus fixsenii Dybowsky, 1874. The latter was only noted by Takhteev et al. (2015).
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