GAMMARIDEA Latreille, 1802
(sand hoppers)

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PLEUSTIDAE
a family of crustaceans
Family 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuborderGAMMARIDEA (sand hoppers)
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
Lincoln, R.J. 1979 British Marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea 658pp, British Museum (Natural History)

GAMMARIDEA (sand hoppers) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for GAMMARIDEA (sand hoppers)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for GAMMARIDEA (sand hoppers)
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