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Mesogammaridae Bousfield, 1977 
AphiaID: 545455

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Amphipoda (Order) > Senticaudata (Suborder) > Gammarida (Infraorder) > Gammaridira (Parvorder) > Gammaroidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Family
Parent Gammaroidea
Source Not documented
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 Genus Eoniphargus Uéno, 1955
  » Species Eoniphargus glandulatus Stock & Jo, 1990
» Species Eoniphargus kojimai (Uéno, 1955)
Genus Indoniphargus Straskraba, 1967
  » Species Indoniphargus indicus (Chilton, 1923)
Genus Mesogammarus Tzvetkova, 1965
  » Species Mesogammarus melitoides Tzvetkova, 1965
Genus Octopupilla Tomikawa, 2007
  » Species Octopupilla felix Tomikawa, 2007
Genus Paramesogammarus Bousfield, 1979
  » Species Paramesogammarus americanus Bousfield, 1979
Environment marine, fresh
Links To GenBank
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Note  Remark: Tomikawa et al. (2007) redefined the Mesogammaridae and transferred genera from the Eoniphargus group into the family and tentatively considered Indoniphargus Straškraba, 1967, pending confirmation of a gill on pereopod 7. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:545455
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Date   action   by
2010-11-16 10:52:15Z  created  Lowry, Jim
2013-03-05 07:02:02Z  changed  Horton, Tammy
  
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  Citation: Horton, T.; Lowry, J. (2013). Mesogammaridae Bousfield, 1977. In: Horton, T.; Lowry, J. & De Broyer, C. (2013) World Amphipoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=545455 on 2013-06-20
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