| Echinogammarus | |
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| Echinogammarus ischnus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Gammaridae |
| Genus: | Echinogammarus Stebbing, 1899 |
Echinogammarus is a genus of amphipod crustaceans in the family Gammaridae. The status of many of its species is incertae sedis , but its type species is Echinogammarus berilloni. [1] Species in Echinogammarus are parasitized by the Filozoan species Txikispora philomaios. [2]