Echinogammarus

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Echinogammarus
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Echinogammarus ischnus
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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]

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Echinogammarus Stebbing, 1899". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  2. Urrutia, Ander; Feist, Stephen; Bass, David (2022). "Txikispora philomaios n. sp., n. g., a micro-eukaryotic pathogen of amphipods, reveals parasitism and hidden diversity in Class Filasterea". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology . 69 (2): e12875. doi:10.1111/jeu.12875. PMID   34726818.