WoRMS taxon details
Gammaracanthus loricatus (Sabine, 1824)
102248 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:102248)
accepted
Species
Gammarus loricatus Sabine, 1824 · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Subspecies Gammaracanthus loricatus aestuariorum Lomakina, 1952 accepted as Gammaracanthus aestuariorum Lomakina, 1952 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subspecies Gammaracanthus loricatus caspius Sars, 1896 accepted as Gammaracanthus caspius Sars, 1896
- Subspecies Gammaracanthus loricatus ostiorum Lomakina, 1952 accepted as Gammaracanthus aestuariorum Lomakina, 1952
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gammarus loricatus Sabine, 1824) Sabine, E. (1824). Marine Invertebrate Animals. In: Parry, W.E., A Supplement to the Appendix of Captain Parry's Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage, in the Years 1819-20. Containing an Account of the Subjects of Natural History: ccixi-ccxl, pls. 1-2. John Murray, London. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.48563 [details] 
Distribution Saguenay Fjord
Distribution Saguenay Fjord [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. (2026). World Amphipoda Database. Gammaracanthus loricatus (Sabine, 1824). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=102248 on 2026-05-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gammarus loricatus Sabine, 1824) Sabine, E. (1824). Marine Invertebrate Animals. In: Parry, W.E., A Supplement to the Appendix of Captain Parry's Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage, in the Years 1819-20. Containing an Account of the Subjects of Natural History: ccixi-ccxl, pls. 1-2. John Murray, London. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.48563 [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]
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
additional source
Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Bousfield, E. L. (1989). Revised Morphological Relationships Within the Amphipod Genera Pontoporeia and Gammaracanthus and the "Glacial Relict" Significance of their Postglacial Distributions. <em>Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 46(10), 1714-1725., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f89-217 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Steele, D. H.; Steele, V. J. (1975). Some aspects of the biology of Gammaracanthus loricatus (Sabine) (Crustacea, Amphipoda). <em>Asarte.</em> 8, 69-72. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Barnard, J.L. & Barnard, C.M. (1983). Freshwater Amphipoda of the World, Part II. Handbook and bibliography. <em>Hayfield Associates, Mt. Vernon, Virginia.</em> xix + 830 pp.; 50 figs. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Bousfield, E. L. (1989). Revised Morphological Relationships Within the Amphipod Genera Pontoporeia and Gammaracanthus and the "Glacial Relict" Significance of their Postglacial Distributions. <em>Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 46(10), 1714-1725., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f89-217 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Steele, D. H.; Steele, V. J. (1975). Some aspects of the biology of Gammaracanthus loricatus (Sabine) (Crustacea, Amphipoda). <em>Asarte.</em> 8, 69-72. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Barnard, J.L. & Barnard, C.M. (1983). Freshwater Amphipoda of the World, Part II. Handbook and bibliography. <em>Hayfield Associates, Mt. Vernon, Virginia.</em> xix + 830 pp.; 50 figs. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Saguenay Fjord [details]Habitat infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
To Barcode of Life (34 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (62 publications) (from synonym Gammarus loricatus Sabine, 1824)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gammaracanthus loricatus)
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (7 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (62 publications) (from synonym Gammarus loricatus Sabine, 1824)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gammaracanthus loricatus)
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (7 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
