Echinogammarus

Echinogammarus
Echinogammarus ischnus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

  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). doi:10.1111/jeu.12875.