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Species Gammarus mucronatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)

Class Malacostraca (Malacostracans)

Superorder Peracarida (Peracarida (Amphipods and Isopods))

Order Amphipoda (Amphipods)

Suborder Senticaudata

Family Gammaridae (Scuds)

Genus Gammarus

Species mucronatus (Gammarus mucronatus)

Explanation of Names

Gammarus mucronatus Say, 1818

Identification

Various characters of antennae and presence of spines on pleosome and urosome important.(1)

Internet References

WoRMS

Works Cited

1.	The Arthrostraca of Connecticut Kunkel B.W. 1918. Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey.

Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 14 September, 2015 - 11:32pm
Last updated 19 January, 2016 - 3:33pm

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