AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816
(freshwater shrimps, sand hoppers and other amphipods)

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Suborder 19 subtaxa 296 images 8 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderAMPHIPODA (freshwater shrimps, sand hoppers and other amphipods)
SuperorderPERACARIDA (amphipods, woodlice, cumaceans etc.)
SubclassEUMALACOSTRACA (SUBCLASS) (a subclass of crustaceans)
ClassMALACOSTRACA (crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.)
SubphylumCRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Amphipod Home Page www.imv.uit.no/amphipod/index.html
Bate, C.S. & Westwood, J.O. 1863 *** A history of the British sessile-eyed Crustacea ***(Superseded) 507+536pp, Van Voorst
Chevreux, Éd. & Fage, L. 1924 *** Amphipodes ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 9, 488pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
Norman, A.M. 1900 *** British Amphipoda of the Tribe Hyperiidea and the Families Orchestiidae and some Lysianassidae. ***(Superseded) Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser 7 vol v: 126-214.
Norman, A.M. 1900 *** British Amphipoda 2: families Pontoporeidae to Ampeliscidae ***(Superseded) Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser 7 vol v: 326-346.
Norman, A.M. 1900 *** British Amphipoda 4 : families Stegocephalidae to Cediceridae (part.) ***(Superseded) Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser 7 vol vi: 32-51.
Sars, G.O. 1893 *** An account of the crustacea of Norway - Amphipoda ***(Superseded) An account of the crustacea of Norway, Vol 1, 711+248 Platespp, Bergen Museum

Freshwater/Cave Species

Knight, L. 2007 Cave Life in Britain Scientific Publications, 12pp, Freshwater Biological Association

Freshwater

Gledhill, T. & Wallace, I. 2010 Module 9: advanced identification of miscellaneous taxa including Crustacea https://www.fba.org.uk/identification-freshwater-invertebrates-species-level-distance-learning-course

Freshwater/Invasive Species

Dobson, M. 2013 Identifying Invasive Freshwater Shrimps and Isopods (Ed 2) Scientific Publications, 2nd edition, 32pp, Freshwater Biological Association
Dobson, M. 2012 *** Identifying Invasive Freshwater Shrimps and Isopods ***(Superseded) Scientific Publications, 29pp, Freshwater Biological Association

Marine Planktonic Forms And Stages

() Conway, D.V.P. 2015 Marine Zooplankton of southern Britain. Part 3: Ostracoda, Stomatopoda, Nebaliacea, Mysida, Amphipoda, Isopoda, Cumacea, Euphausiacea, Decapoda, Annelida, Tardigrada, Nematoda, Phoronida, Bryozoa, Entoprocta, Brachiopoda, Echinodermata, Chaetognatha, Hemichordata and Chordata Occasional Publications, No. 27, 272pp, Marine Biological Association

Marine/Plankton

Apstein, C. & Brandt, K.A.H. (eds) 1927 Crustacea Nordisches Plankton, 742pp, H. G. Bohn, London

AMPHIPODA (freshwater shrimps, sand hoppers and other amphipods) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for AMPHIPODA (freshwater shrimps, sand hoppers and other amphipods)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for AMPHIPODA (freshwater shrimps, sand hoppers and other amphipods)
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