Gammarus locusta (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a sand shrimp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGammarus locusta (a sand shrimp)
GenusGammarus (a genus of freshwater and sand shrimps)
FamilyGAMMARIDAE (freshwater and sand shrimps)
SuperfamilyGAMMAROIDEA (a superfamily of crustaceans)
ParvorderGammaridira (a parvorder of crustaceans)
InfraorderGammarida (an infraorder of crustaceans)
SuborderSENTICAUDATA (a suborder of crustaceans)
OrderAMPHIPODA (freshwater shrimps, sand hoppers and other amphipods)
SuperorderPERACARIDA (amphipods, woodlice, cumaceans etc.)
SubclassEUMALACOSTRACA (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)
Records of Gammarus locusta (a sand shrimp) :
1: Gammarus locusta (a sand shrimp)
23 Jan 2012 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female with eggs, in Bryopsis plumosa tuft at low spring tide
Image 1: Antenna-1 - highly enlarged - black backgroundImage 2: Antennae - highly enlarged - black backgroundImage 3: Foreparts - highly enlarged - black backgroundImage 4: Fore parts - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 5: Fore parts - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 6: Lateral view - enlarged - black backgroundImage 7: Lateral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 8: Pereopod 3 basis - magnified - white backgroundImage 9: Pereopod bases - 3 (L) though 5 (R) - magnified - white backgroundImage 10: Tail end - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 11: Tail end - latero-dorsal view - magnified - black background

Gammarus locusta (a sand shrimp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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