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The Hebrides are an archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland. There are two main groups: the Inner and Outer Hebrides.
Gammaridea is one of the suborders of the order Amphipoda, comprising small, shrimp-like crustaceans. Until recently, in a traditional classification, it encompassed about 7,275 (92%) of the 7,900 species of amphipods described by then, in approximately 1,000 genera, divided among around 125 families. That concept of Gammaridea included almost all freshwater amphipods, while most of the members still were marine.
Corophiidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera:
Bateidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans, comprising the single genus Batea, which in turn contains thirteen species:
Dexaminidae is a family of amphipods. It contains the following genera:
Phliantidae is a family of isopod-like amphipod crustaceans chiefly from the southern hemisphere.
Talitridae is a family of amphipods. Terrestrial species are often referred to as landhoppers and beach dwellers are called sandhoppers or sand fleas. The name sand flea is misleading, though, because these talitrid amphipods do not bite people.
Leucothoe is a genus of amphipods in the family Leucothoidae. It contains the following species:
Talorchestia is a genus of amphipod of the family Talitridae, containing the following species:
Bellorchestia quoyana is the largest and most common species of sandhopper, endemic to New Zealand. Its length is up to 14 millimetres (0.55 in). They help to keep the beaches clean by breaking down any organic material, which is vital for plant succession. They are nocturnal and bury themselves up to 30 centimetres (12 in) during the day.
Ingolfiella is a genus of amphipod in the family Ingolfiellidae, containing the following species:
Cyproideidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans. Eighteen genera and 43 species have been described as of 2009. They mostly occur mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, where they form associations with corals, sponges, crinoids and hydroids.
Photis is a genus of amphipod crustaceans, containing the following species:
Amaryllididae is a family of marine benthic amphipods found throughout the southern hemisphere. These smooth, laterally compressed amphipods can be distinguished by the accessory setal row of the mandible having a distal tuft. It contains the following genera:
Nototropis is a genus of amphipod crustaceans.
Platorchestia is a genus of sand flea, containing the following species:
Photidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans, containing the following genera:
Epimeria is a genus of amphipods in the family Epimeriidae. There are more than 80 described species in Epimeria.
Eurythenes thurstoni is a species of amphipod of the genus Eurythenes. It was first described in 2004 and named after Mike Thurston, a marine biologist specialising in deep-sea amphipods.
References
- ↑ Jim Lowry (2011). "Bellorchestia Serejo & Lowry, 2008". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved November 26, 2011.
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