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WAD: World Amphipoda Database
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Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilaș-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2024). World Amphipoda Database. Accessed at https://www.marinespecies.org/amphipoda on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.14284/368
Contact: Horton, Tammy

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Description
A world checklist of Amphipoda, compiled by taxonomic experts and based on peer-reviewed literature. more

The amphipods belong to the very diverse crustacean class Malacostraca, which includes other common groups such as crabs, lobsters and shrimp. The order Amphipoda is part of the superorder Peracarida, uniting a diverse group of small shrimp-like taxa that brood their young in a pouch, with no independent larval dispersal stage.

Amphipods are unique in the possession of three pairs of pleopods and three pairs of uropods. In a small minority of cases secondary reduction of the abdomen may result in a loss of one or more pairs (e.g. the Caprellidae). No other malacostracan group possesses more than one pair of uropods. The name Amphipoda means ‘different feet’ and refers to the different forms of the pereopods (legs) which contrasts with the related Isopoda meaning ‘same feet’. Amphipods are variously known as, scuds, shrimp or sideswimmers. Those amphipods that have colonised the land are often referred to as landhoppers and beach dwellers are called sandhoppers or beach/sand fleas.

Amphipods range in size from a millimetre in length to the supergiant amphipod Alicella gigantea at 340 mm. Amphipods can be found in all marine habitats (even the deepest ocean trenches e.g. Hirondellea dubia), and have also colonised freshwaters and terrestrial habitats; even ectoparasitic groups are also known among them. There are at least 1870 amphipod species and subspecies recorded from fresh or inland waters accounting for ~ 20 % of the total known amphipod diversity. Amphipods are important herbivores, detritivores, micropredators and scavengers in most environments and they form an important component of marine and freshwater ecosystems.

The World Amphipoda Database arose from a merger in 2010 of the World Amphipoda List compiled over many years by Jim Lowry (Australian Museum), with the European Register of Marine Species (ERMS) amphipod list, compiled by Mark Costello with the help of Denise Bellan-Santini and Jean-Claude Dauvin, and edited up until 2013 with significant additions from the RAMS Amphipoda (Antarctic) list (compiled by Claude De Broyer) and from other regional editors.

The original editors of Amphipoda within WoRMS were Mark Costello, Denise Bellan-Santini, Jean Claude-Dauvin, & Wim Vader, with Claude de Broyer as Editor of the Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS) Amphipoda. The north-Atlantic lists were compiled by Mark Costello with assistance from Louise Collier, from Costello et al. (1989), Brattegard (1997) and Vader et al (1997). The Mediterranean and south Atlantic lists were compiled from Bellan-Santini et al. (1998), Marques and Bellan-Santini (1990, 1991), and Lopes et al. (1993). Additional species were then found in Dauvin (1999), and for Arctic seas, in Palerud and Vader (1991) and Vader (1998). Jim Lowry’s unpublished list was added to WoRMS in 2010 when he became editor of the Amphipoda. To provide sufficient expert knowledge for maintaining the database, we have now (2013) formed an editorial team to whom the queries on particular taxa should be addressed.


Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Invertebrates
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Fresh water, Brackish water, Terrestrial, Classification, Marine invertebrates, Species, Taxonomy, World, Amphipoda

Geographical coverage

Temporal coverage
From 1758 on [In Progress]

Taxonomic coverage
Amphipoda [WoRMS]

Parameters
Taxonomy

Contributors
Horton, Tammydata managerdata creatortaxonomic editor
De Broyer, Claudedata managerdata creatortaxonomic editor
Lowry, Jimdata creator
Bellan-Santini, Denisedata creatortaxonomic editor
Copilaș-Ciocianu, Denisdata creatortaxonomic editor
Corbari, Lauredata creatortaxonomic editor
Costello, Markdata creator
Daneliya, Mikhaildata creatortaxonomic editor
Dauvin, Jean-Claudedata creatortaxonomic editor
Fišer, Cenedata creatortaxonomic editor
Gasca, Rebecadata creatortaxonomic editor
Grabowski, Michaldata creatortaxonomic editor
Guerra-García, José Manueldata creatortaxonomic editor
Hendrycks, Eddata creatortaxonomic editor
Hughes, Laurendata creatortaxonomic editor
Jaume, Damiàdata creatortaxonomic editor
Jazdzewski, Krzysztofdata creatortaxonomic editor
Kim, Young-Hyodata creatortaxonomic editor
King, Rachaeldata creatortaxonomic editor
Krapp-Schickel, Traudldata creator
LeCroy, Saradata creatortaxonomic editor
Lörz, Anne-Ninadata creatortaxonomic editor
Mamos, Tomaszdata creatortaxonomic editor
Senna, Andrédata creatortaxonomic editor
Serejo, Cristianadata creatortaxonomic editor
Souza-Filho, Jesser F.data creatortaxonomic editor
Tandberg, Anne Helenedata creatortaxonomic editor
Thomas, James Darwindata creatortaxonomic editor
Thurston, Mikedata creatortaxonomic editor
Vader, Wimdata creatortaxonomic editor
Väinölä, Ristodata creatortaxonomic editor
Desiderato, Andreadata provider
Rewicz, Tomaszdata provider
Vonk, Ronaldtaxonomic editordata creator
White, Kristinetaxonomic editordata creator
Zeidler, Wolfgangtaxonomic editordata creator
Valls Domedel, Georginadata creatortaxonomic editor
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredatabase developer

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Published in:
WoRMS: World Register of Marine Species, more

Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Literature research
Metadatarecord created: 2013-04-17
Information last updated: 2024-01-11
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