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Gammarus pulex (Linnaeus, 1758)

234074 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234074)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Arthropoda
  4. Crustacea
  5. Multicrustacea
  6. Malacostraca
  7. Eumalacostraca
  8. Peracarida
  9. Amphipoda
  10. Senticaudata
  11. Gammarida
  12. Gammaridira
  13. Gammaroidea
  14. Gammaridae
  15. Gammarus
  16. Gammarus pulex
accepted
Species
Gammarus Fabricius, 1775
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 632 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-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. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Gammarus pulex (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234074 on 2026-08-22
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Gammarus pulex (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=234074 on 2026-08-22
Date
action
by
2006-09-19 06:47:14Z
created
Martinez, Olga
2010-07-19 09:11:49Z
changed
Lowry, Jim
2015-06-24 08:35:52Z
changed
Horton, Tammy
2015-06-25 07:59:49Z
changed
Horton, Tammy
2016-04-04 07:15:55Z
changed
Grabowski, Michal

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 632 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Gammarus fluviatilis H. Milne Edwards, 1830) Milne Edwards, H. (1830). Extrait de recherches pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des crustacés amphipodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 20, 353-399; pl. 10-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6069923 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Grabowski, M.; Konopacka, A.; Jazdzewski, K.; Janowska, E. (2006). Invasions of alien gammarid species and retreat of natives in the Vistula Lagoon (Baltic Sea, Poland). Helgol. Mar. Res. 60(2): 90-97. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

redescription Karaman G.S. & Pinkster S. (1977). Freshwater Gammarus species from Europe, North Africa and adjacent regions of Asia (Crustacea - Amphipoda). Part I. Gammarus pulex - group and related species. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 47, 1, 1-97., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-04701001 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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To Barcode of Life (1756 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (122 publications) (from synonym Gammarus fluviatilis H. Milne Edwards, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (744 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gammarus pulex) 
To GenBank (23408 nucleotides; 175 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Gammarus fluviatilis H. Milne Edwards, 1830)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records) 
To ITIS