WoRMS taxon details
Gammarus locusta (Linnaeus, 1758)
102281 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:102281)
accepted
Species
Cancer locusta Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Gammarus multifasciatus Spence Bate, 1863 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gammarus ornatus H. Milne Edwards, 1830 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Cancer locusta Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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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. (2026). World Amphipoda Database. Gammarus locusta (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=102281 on 2026-05-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cancer locusta Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 634 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Gammarus ornatus H. Milne Edwards, 1830) Milne Edwards, H. (1830). Extrait de recherches pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des crustacés amphipodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 20, 353-399; pl. 10-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6069923
page(s): 367 [details]
original description (of Gammarus multifasciatus Spence Bate, 1863) Bate, C. S. (1863). Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum Natural History: London.</em> i-iv + 1-399, pls. 1-58., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.20901
page(s): 211 [details]
basis of record Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. <em>in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 634 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Gammarus ornatus H. Milne Edwards, 1830) Milne Edwards, H. (1830). Extrait de recherches pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des crustacés amphipodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 20, 353-399; pl. 10-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6069923
page(s): 367 [details]
original description (of Gammarus multifasciatus Spence Bate, 1863) Bate, C. S. (1863). Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum Natural History: London.</em> i-iv + 1-399, pls. 1-58., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.20901
page(s): 211 [details]
basis of record Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. <em>in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Schelde)
Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring at long-term monitoring stations in the Belgian part of the North Sea from 2001 on. [details]
additional source Bachelet, G.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Sorbe, J. C. (2003). An updated checklist of marine and brackish water Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the southern Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic). <em>Cah. Biol. Mar.</em> 44(2): 121-151. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Lincoln, R. J. (1979). British marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. <em>British Museum (Natural History).</em> 658 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring at long-term monitoring stations in the Belgian part of the North Sea from 2001 on. [details]
additional source Bachelet, G.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Sorbe, J. C. (2003). An updated checklist of marine and brackish water Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the southern Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic). <em>Cah. Biol. Mar.</em> 44(2): 121-151. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Lincoln, R. J. (1979). British marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. <em>British Museum (Natural History).</em> 658 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | almindelig tangloppe | [details] |
| Dutch | zeesprinkhaansprinkhaanvlokreeft | [details] |
| English | locust amphipodcommon intertidal amphipod | [details] |
| French | gammare | [details] |
| German | Gemeiner FlohkrebsFlohkrebs | [details] |
| Polish | Kiełż morski | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (137 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (461 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gammarus locusta)
To GenBank (121 nucleotides; 104 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (90 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (461 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gammarus locusta)
To GenBank (121 nucleotides; 104 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (90 records)
To ITIS
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