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Check-list for Ponto-Caspian amphipods (brackish & freshwater)

by Michal Grabowski

(Department of Invertebrate Zoology & Hydrobiology, University of Lodz, Poland, e-mail: michalg@biol.uni.lodz.pl)

 

Family / Species

Distribution

Family: Corophidae

Chelicorophium chelicorne (G.O. Sars, 1895)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Chelicorophium curvispinum (G.O. Sars, 1895)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Chelicorophium maeoticum (Sowinsky, 1898)

Ponto-Azov

Chelicorophium monodon (G.O. Sars, 1895)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Chelicorophium mucronatum (G.O. Sars, 1895)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Chelicorophium nobile (G.O. Sars, 1895)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Chelicorophium robustum (G.O. Sars, 1895)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Chelicorophium sowinskyi (Martynov, 1924)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Chelicorophium spinulosum (G.O. Sars, 1896)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Chelicorophium spongicolum (Welitchkovsky, 1914)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Corophium volutator (Pallas, 1766)

Amphi-Atlantic, Caspian Sea, Black & Azov Sea

Family: Niphargidae

Niphargus pseudocaspius G.S. Karaman, 1982

Caspian

Family: Behningiellidae

Behningiella brachypus Derzhavin, 1948

Caspian

Cardiophilus baeri G.O. Sars, 1896

Caspian

Cardiophilus maris-nigri Miloslavskaja, 1931

Ponto-Azov

Cardiophilus miloslavskajae Carausu, 1955

Ponto-Azov

Zernovia volgensis Derzhavin, 1948

Caspian

Family: Caspicolidae

Caspicola knipowitschi Derzhavin, 1944

Caspian

Family: Gammaracanthidae

Gammaracanthus caspius G.O. Sars, 1896

Caspian

Family: Gammaridae

Akerogammarus contiguus (Pjatakova, 1962)

Caspian

Akerogammarus knipowitschi Derzhavin & Pjatakova, 1967

Caspian

Amathillina affinis G.O. Sars, 1894

Caspian

Amathillina cristata G.O. Sars, 1894

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Amathillina maximovitschi G.O. Sars, 1896

Caspian

Amathillina pusilla G.O. Sars, 1896

Caspian

Amathillina spinosa G.O. Sars, 1896

Caspian

Axelboeckia spinosa (G.O. Sars, 1894)

Caspian

Baku paradoxus (Derzhavin in Derzhavin & Pjatakova, 1967)

Caspian

Cephalogammarus macrocephalus (G.O. Sars, 1896)

Caspian

Chaetogammarus hyrcanus Pjatakova, 1962

Caspian

Chaetogammarus ischnus (Stebbing, 1899)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Chaetogammarus pauxillus G.O. Sars, 1896

Caspian

Chaetogammarus placidus (G.O. Sars, 1896)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Chaetogammarus sowinskyi (Behning, 1914)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Chaetogammarus trichiatus (Martynov, 1932)

Ponto-Azov

Chaetogammarus warpachowskyi (G.O. Sars, 1894)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Derzhavinella cava Stock, Mirzajani, Vonk, Naderi, Kiabi, 1998

Caspian

Derzhavinella macrochelata Birstein, 1938

Caspian

Echinogammarus foxi (Schellenberg, 1928)

Circummediterranean: Black & Azov Sea

Gammarus aequicauda (Martynov, 1931)

Circummediterranean: Caspian Sea, Black & Azov Sea

Gmelina aestuarica Carausu, 1943

Ponto-Azov

Gmelina costata G.O. Sars, 1894

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Gmelinopsis aurita G.O. Sars, 1896

Caspian

Gmelinopsis tuberculata G.O. Sars, 1896

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Kuzmelina kusnezowi (G.O. Sars, 1894)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Lanceogammarus andrussovi (G.O. Sars, 1896)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Scytaelina simplex Stock, Mirzajani, Vonk, Naderi, Kiabi, 1998

Caspian

Shablogammarus chablensis (Carausu, 1943)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Shablogammarus subnudus (G.O. Sars, 1896)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Sowinskya macrocera Derzhavin, 1948

Caspian

Yogmelina brachyura (Derzhavin & Pjatakova, 1967)

Caspian

Yogmelina laeviuscula (G.O. Sars, 1896)

Caspian

Yogmelina limana G. S. Karaman & J.L. Barnard, 1979

Ponto-Azov

Yogmelina ovata (Martynov, 1924)

Ponto-Azov

Yogmelina pusilla (G.O. Sars, 1896)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Iphigenella acanthopoda G.O. Sars, 1896

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Family: Pontogammaridae

Compactogammarus compactus (G.O. Sars, 1895)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Dikerogammarus bispinosus Martynov, 1925

Ponto-Azov

Dikerogammarus caspius (Pallas, 1771)

Caspian

Dikerogammarus fluviatilis Martynov, 1919

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Dikerogammarus gruberi Mateus & Mateus, 1990

Ponto-Azov

Dikerogammarus haemobaphes (Eichwald, 1841)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Dikerogammarus oskari Birstein, 1945

Caspian

Dikerogammarus palmatus Martynov, 1925

Caspian

Dikerogammarus villosus (Sowinsky, 1894)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Niphargogammarus aequimanus G.O. Sars, 1895

Caspian

Niphargogammarus borodini (G.O. Sars, 1897)

Caspian

Niphargogammarus intermedius (Carausu, 1943)

Ponto-Azov

Niphargogammarus quadrimanus G.O. Sars, 1895

Caspian

Niphargoides boltovskoi Derzhavin & Pjatakova, 1968

Caspian

Niphargoides caspius (Grimm, 1894)

Caspian

Niphargoides corpulentus G.O. Sars, 1894

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Obesogammarus acuminatus Stock, Mirzajani, Vonk, Naderi, Kiabi, 1998

Caspian

Obesogammarus crassus (G.O. Sars, 1894)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Obesogammarus obesus (G.O. Sars, 1894)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Obesogammarus olvianus (Sowinsky, 1904)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Obesogammarus platycheir (G.O. Sars, 1896)

Caspian

Pandorites podoceroides G.O. Sars, 1895

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Paraniphargoides abbreviatus (G.O. Sars, 1894)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Paraniphargoides derzhavini Pjatakova, 1962

Caspian

Paraniphargoides grimmi (G.O. Sars, 1896)

Caspian

Paraniphargoides motasi (Carausu, 1943)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Pontogammarus aestuarius (Derzhavin, 1924)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Pontogammarus borceae Carausu, 1943

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Pontogammarus maeoticus (Sowinsky, 1894)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Pontogammarus robustoides (G.O. Sars, 1894)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Pontogammarus sarsi (Sowinsky, 1898)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Pontogammarus weidemanni (G.O. Sars, 1896_

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Stenogammarus carausui Derzhavin & Pjatakova, 1962

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Stenogammarus compressus (G.O. Sars, 1894)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Stenogammarus deminutus (Stebbing, 1906)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Stenogammarus macrurus (G.O. Sars, 1894)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Stenogammarus micrurus Derzhavin & Pjatakova, 1996

Caspian

Stenogammarus similis (G.O. Sars, 1894)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Turcogammarus aralensis (Uljanin, 1875)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Turcogammarus turcarum (Stock, 1974)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Uroniphargoides spinicaudatus (Carausu, 1943)

Caspian, Ponto-Azov

Wolgagammarus dzjubani (Mordukhai-Boltovskoi & Ljakhov, 1972)

Caspian

Family: Uristidae

Onisimus caspius (G.O. Sars, 1896)

Caspian

Onisimus platyceras (G.O. Sars, 1896)

Caspian

Family: Pontoporeidae

Monoporeia microphthalma (G.O. Sars, 1896)

Caspian

 

Summary:

Species listed - 101

Ponto-Caspian endemics - 97 species

Caspian endemics - 41 species

Ponto-Azov endemics - 10 species

Caspian & Ponto-Azov together - 88 species

Immigrants established - 3 species (Corophium volutator, Gammarus aequicauda, Echinogammarus foxi)

Three other genera widespread, not Ponto-Caspian endemic however species endemic for the region: Gammaracanthus, Monoporeia, Niphargus, Onisimus)

Main sources:

Barnard J.L. & Barnard C.M. 1983. Freshwater Amphipoda of the world. II. Handbook and Bibliography. Hayfield Associates, Mt Vernon, Virginia: 1-358

Barnard J.L. & Branard C.M. 1990. Index to freshwater Gammaridea (Amphipoda) (including marine species of section Gammarida). Division of Crustacea, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Natural Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA

Birstein Ya,A. & Romanova N.N. 1968. Amphipoda. In: Ya.A. Birstein, L.G. Vinogradova, N.N. Kondakova (Eds) Atlas bespozvonochnykh Kaspiiskogo morya, pp. 241-289, Pishevaya Promyshlennost Publ., Moscow

Carausu S. 1943. Amphipodes de Roumanie. Gammarides de type Caspien. Monogr. Inst. Cerc. Pisc. Roumaniei, 1:1-293

Carausu S., Dobreanu E., Manolache C. 1955. Amphipoda forme salmastre si de apa dulce. Fauna Republ. Pop. Romine, Crustacea, 4(4): 1-409

Karaman G.S. & Barnard J.L. 1979. Classificatory revision in Gammaridean Amphipoda. Part 1. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 92: 100-165

Mordukhai-Boltovskoi Ph.D., Greeze I.I., Vasilenko S.V. 1969. Otryad amphipody ili raznonogie – Amphipoda Latreille, 1816-17. In: M.I. Kiseleva, Ph.D. Mordukhai-Boltovskoi, V.V. Murina (Eds) Opredelitel fauny Chernogo I Azovskogo morei, pp. 440-524

Pjatakova G.M. & Tarasov A.G. 1996. Caspian Sea amphipods: biodiversity, systematic position and ecological peculiarities of some species. Int. J. Salt Lake Res. 5: 63-79

Starobogatov Ya.I. 1995. Amphipoda. In: S.J. Tsalolikhin (Ed.) Key to freshwater invertebrates of Russia and adjacent lands. Nauka Publ., St. Petersburg, pp: 184-206

Stock J.H. 1974. The systematics of certain Ponto-Caspian Gammaridae (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Mitt. Hamburg. Zool. Mus. Inst. 70: 75-96

Tarasov A.G. 1995. Crustaceofauna (Malacostraca) of the Ural River. Zool. Zh. 74(3): 24-34