Anisogammaridae is a
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
of small benthic
amphipods
Amphipoda () is an order (biology), order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods () range in size from and are mostly detritivores or scavengers. There are more than 10,700 amphip ...
, endemic to the northern part of the
Pacific rim
The Pacific Rim comprises the lands around the rim of the Pacific Ocean. The '' Pacific Basin'' includes the Pacific Rim and the islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Rim roughly overlaps with the geological Pacific Ring of Fire.
List ...
.
The family contains the following genera:
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Anisogammarus''
Derzhavin, 1927
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Barrowgammarus''
Bousfield, 1979
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Carineogammarus''
Bousfield, 1979
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Eogammarus''
Birstein, 1933
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Eurypodogammarus''
Hou, Morino & Li, 2005
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Fuxiana''
Sket, 2000
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Fuxigammarus''
Sket & FiĊĦer, 2009
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Jesogammarus''
Bousfield, 1979
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Locustogammarus''
Bousfield, 1979
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Ramellogammarus''
Bousfield, 1979
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Spasskogammarus''
Bousfield, 1979
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Spinulogammarus''
Tzvetkova, 1972
Further reading
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References
Gammaroidea
Amphipod families
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