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Family / Species |
Distribution |
Family: Corophidae |
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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 |
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Niphargus pseudocaspius G.S. Karaman, 1982 |
Caspian |
Family: Behningiellidae |
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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 |
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Caspicola knipowitschi Derzhavin, 1944 |
Caspian |
Family: Gammaracanthidae |
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Gammaracanthus caspius G.O. Sars, 1896 |
Caspian |
Family: Gammaridae |
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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 |
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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 |
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Onisimus caspius (G.O. Sars, 1896) |
Caspian |
Onisimus platyceras (G.O. Sars, 1896) |
Caspian |
Family: Pontoporeidae |
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Monoporeia microphthalma (G.O. Sars, 1896) |
Caspian |
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)
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
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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