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  Superorder Peracarida

Order Amphipoda (scuds, sideswimmers)

    Suborder Gammaridea -- Wisconsin!
    Suborder Senticaudata -- Wisconsin!
    Suborder Ingolfiellidea
    Suborder Hyperiidea

Taxon Information

The Order Amphipoda has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from Wisconsin.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Amphipoda, (Lowry & Myers, 2012).
• Amphipoda, [North America] (Covich et al., 2010).
• Amphipoda, (Chace et al., 1959).

Bibliography

• Lowry, J.K. & A.A. Myers. 2012. A phylogeny and classification of the Senticaudata subord. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda). ZooTaxa 3610: 1-80. [Available online]
• Covich, A.P., J.H. Thorp & D.C. Rogers. 2010. Introduction to the Subphylum Crustacea. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 695-723.
• Väinölä, R., J.D.S. Witt, M. Grabowski, J.H. Bradbury, K. Jazdzewski & B. Sket. 2008. Global diversity of amphipods (Amphipoda; Crustacea) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595: 241-255. [Available online]
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Amphipoda (Scuds, sideswimmers). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 569-584.
• Holsinger, J.R. 1976. The freshwater amphipod crustaceans (Gammaridae) of North America. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 89 pp. [Available online]
• Chace, F.A., jr., J.G. Mackin, L. Hubricht, A.H. Banner & H.H. Hobbs, jr. 1959. Malacostraca. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 869-901.

Web Pages

• Animal Diversity Web
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• WikiSpecies
• Wikipedia
• World Amphipoda Database
• World Register of Marine Species