Echinogammarus, STEBBING, 1899

Hou, Zhonge & Sket, Boris, 2016, A review of Gammaridae (Crustacea: Amphipoda): the family extent, its evolutionary history, and taxonomic redefinition of genera, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176 (2), pp. 323-348 : 330

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/zoj.12318
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5454730
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5B72879F-CF26-FFFA-AF2D-11530E2F3E63
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Echinogammarus
status	S. STR.

Treatment

( ECHINOGAMMARUS View in CoL S. STR.)

Echinogammarus View in CoL in a revised sense was previously named Echinogammarus berilloni View in CoL group by Pinkster (1973, 1993) and Atlantic Echinogammarus View in CoL by Hou et al. (2014). Its type species is Gammarus berilloni Catta, 1878 .

Diagnosis

South-west European gammariform amphipods similar to Homoeogammarus , but pereon smooth, pleonites with prominent, numerous, and irregularly disposed stout spines (spiniform setae), and/or tufts of long setae dorsally or/and laterally; no keels or teeths. Gnathopod propodus II longer than propodus I. Uropod III exopodite well developed, biarticulate, with marginal spines and long, straight setae.