Scud






CLASS

Malacostraca

ORDER

Amphipoda

FAMILY

Gammaridae

GENUS

Gammarus



Keys used for
this identification

Eyes present

Accessory flagellum on antenna 1 present

Urosome I and II without dorsal tubercles

Basipodite of peraeopod V same width as peraeopod IV (the basis of the last two legs).

Dorsal surface of urosome segments armed with a group of spines.

Uropod III: inner ramus 40-100 % of the length of the outer ramus


THE FISCHBACH BENTHOS REPORT

Genus
Gammarus