Neogammarus

Neogammarus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Gammaridae
Genus: Neogammarus
Karaman, 1969
Synonyms
  • Neogammarus Ruffo, 1937
  • Rhipidogammarus Stock, 1971

Neogammarus is a genus of amphipods described by Sandro Ruffo in 1937.

Taxonomy

Neogammarus was originally described by Ruffo in 1937, but a type species was not designated, which made it an unavailable name. The name remained unavailable until Gammarus rhipidiophorus was designated as the type species in 1969 by Gordan S. Karaman. The same species was also designated as the type species of the genus Rhipidogammarus in 1971. That these two genera had the same type species made them objective taxonomic synonyms. Consequently, Rhipidogammarus was synonymised to Neogammarus in 2023.

Species

The following species are assigned to this genus:

References

  1. 1 2 Lowry J, ed. (2026). "Neogammarus Karaman, 1969". World Amphipoda Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "Neogammarus Karaman, 1969". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
  3. ↑ Ruffo, S. (1937). "Studi sui Crostacei Anfipodi. V. Una nuova Specie di Gammarus del Mar Ligure". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “Giacomo Doria”, Genova. 59: 438–446.
  4. ↑ Iaciofano, Davide; Deidun, Alan; Sciberras, Arnold; Lo Brutto, Sabrina (2024). "The first record of Neogammarus (syn. Rhipidogammarus) karamani (Stock, 1971) (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in a marine subterranean cave of Malta". Ecologica Montenegrina. 77: 24–30. doi:10.37828/em.2024.77.3. hdl:10447/650273.
  5. 1 2 Rosas-Ramos, N.; Jurado-Angulo, P.; Rodríguez-Flores, P. C.; Garcia-Paris, M. (2023-09-21). "Nomenclatural problems caused by type species designation in Gammaridae (Amphipoda)". Animal Biodiversity and Conservation. 46 (2): 173–176. doi:10.32800/abc.2023.46.0173. ISSN 1578-665X. Retrieved 2026-05-08.