Biology:Gammarus katagani

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Short description: Species of crustacean

Gammarus katagani
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Gammaridae
Genus: Gammarus
Species:
G. katagani
Binomial name
Gammarus katagani
Özbek, 2012

Gammarus katagani is a species of freshwater amphipod, collected from Domaniç in Kütahya Province, Turkey.[1] This species belongs to the Gammarus balcanicus group. The presence of an additional row of setae on the last two meta-some segments in both sexes is the most diagnostic character for the species.

References

  1. Murat Özbek (2012). "A new freshwater amphipod species, Gammarus katagani sp. nov., from Turkey: (Amphipoda: Gammaridae)". Zoology in the Middle East 55 (1): 47–54. doi:10.1080/09397140.2012.10648917. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15046903 entry