Overview
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Critically Endangered |
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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Bitter Lakes Amphipod, Noel's Amphipod
Description
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater
Ecology: Gammarid amphipods
are generally found in small streams
, ponds
and springs
where the freshwater
habitat
is cool and well-oxygenated. They are light sensitive
and are most active
at night. Diet
includes algae and submergent vegetation and detritus
with juveniles
feeding mainly on microbial foods.[1]
List of Habitats:5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls
)
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Arthropods
- Class:
Malacostraca
()
- Order:
Amphipoda
()
- Family:
Evanioidea
()
- Genus:
Gammarus
()
- J.G. Fabricius, 1775
- Specific name:
desperatus
- Cole, 1981
- Scientific name: - Gammarus desperatus Cole, 1981
- Specific name:
desperatus
- Cole, 1981
- Genus:
Gammarus
(
- Family:
Evanioidea
(
- Order:
Amphipoda
(
- Class:
Malacostraca
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 30-Dec-2004
Similar Species
Members of the genus Gammarus
There are approximately 93 species in this genus:
G. acherondytes (Illinois Cave Amphipod) · G. aequicauda · G. aequicaudus · G. anisocheir · G. annulatus · G. aralensis · G. arduus · G. atlanticus · G. balcanicus · G. bosniacus · G. bousfieldi (Bousfield's Amphipod) · G. calcaratus · G. cancelloides · G. capreolus · G. chevreuxi · G. cornigera · G. crassus · G. crenulatus · G. crinicornis · G. daiberi · G. dentatus · G. desperatus (Bitter Lakes Amphipod) · G. duebeni · G. duebenii · G. dulongii · G. fasciatus · G. finmarchicus · G. fossarum · G. frater · G. glaber · G. goedmakersae · G. haemobaphes · G. hyalelloides (Diminutive Amphipod) · G. hyalleloides (Diminutive Amphipod) · G. ibericus · G. inaequicauda · G. insensibilis · G. italicus · G. jenneri · G. kischineffensis · G. komareki · G. lacustris (An Amphipod) · G. lacustris limnaeus · G. lawrencianus · G. leopoliensis · G. limnaeus · G. littoralis · G. locusta · G. longicornis · G. loricatus · G. lovenii · G. marinus · G. minus · G. monspeliensis · G. montanus · G. mucronatus · G. neglectus · G. nox · G. obesus · G. oceanicus · G. ochridensis · G. olivii · G. ornatus · G. othonis · G. palustris · G. paynei · G. pecos (Pecos Amphipod) · G. pingvis · G. pseudolimnaeus (Northern Spring Amphipod) · G. pulex · G. pulex cognominis · G. pulex polonensis · G. pulex pulex · G. quadrimanus · G. rambouseki · G. rhodophthalmus microphthalmus · G. roeseli · G. roeselii · G. salinus · G. setosus · G. smaragdinus · G. spinicarpus · G. subtypicus · G. tigrinus · G. troglophilus · G. uludagi · G. varsoviensis · G. veneris · G. vortex · G. wautieri · G. wilkitzkii · G. zaddachi · G. zebra
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Further Reading
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Bureau of Land Management. 1994. Draft resource management plan/environmental impact: statement for the Roswell Resource Area, Roswell, New Mexico, and draft resource management plan amendment/environmental impact statement for the Carlsbad Resource Area, Carlsbad, New Mexico. Bureau of Land Management, Roswell, NM.
- Cole, G.A. 1981. Gammarus desperatus, a new species from New Mexico (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Hydrobiologia 76: 27-32.
- Cole, G.A. 1985. Analysis of the Gammarus-pecos complex (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in Texas and New Mexico, USA. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 20:93-103.
- Covich, A.P. and Thorp, J.H. 1991. Crustacea: introduction and Peracarida. In: J. H. Thorp and A. P. Covich (eds) Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates. Academic Press.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Hennighausen, F.H. 1969. Meters and their effects in the Roswell Artesian Basin in Chaves and Eddy counties, New Mexico. In: 14th Annual New Mexico Water Conference (Water Resources Institute), pp. 29-33.
- Hilton-Taylor, C. (compiler). 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Holsinger, J.R. 1976. The freshwater amphipod crustaceans (Gammaridae) of North America. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems, Water Pollution Control Research Series 18050 ELD04/72.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Lang, B. 2000. in litt.
- Longmire, P.A. 1983. Petroleum-product contamination of ground and surface water: a literature review. Ground Water Section, Water Pollution Control Bureau, New Mexico Environmental Improvement Division. EID/WPC-83/7.
- McQuillan, D.M., Jasper, M.J. and Swanson, B.H. 1989. Ground-water contamination by septic-tank use: a field study in the Albuquerque south Valley - West Mesa Region, Bernalillo County, New Mexico. New Mexico Health and Environment Department, Environmental Improvement Division, Ground Water Bureau.
- New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. 1988. Handbook of species endangered in New Mexico. Account: A-650.
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1997. Biological opinion on the Roswell Resource Area Resource Management Plans. Section 7 Consultation #2-22-96-102.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Lang, B. & Pollock, C.M. 2000. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Lang, B. and Pollock, C.M. 2000. Gammarus desperatus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4796667
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-656839
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 656839
- IUCN ID: 8902
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ICMAL10040
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 5364
Footnotes
- Lang, B. & Pollock, C.M. 2000. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
