Gammarus desperatus: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Amphipoda
Family
Gammaridae
Genus
Gammarus
Species
Gammarus desperatus
Scientific Name
Gammarus desperatus

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Gammarus desperatus

Gammarus desperatus, commonly known as Noel's Amphipod, is a species of small, amphipod crustacean in the family Gammaridae.

Noel's Amphipod was formerly found at three sites in New Mexico, but it has since been extirpated from two of these sites. Noel's Amphipod only survives within Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge. It is listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List, and as an endangered species under the United States Endangered Species Act.

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Gammarus desperatus in languages:

English
Noel's Amphipod
English
Bitter Lakes Amphipod

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