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Family: Gammaridae (See list of species below)

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26 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Cheirocratus assimilis []	No picture found Cheirocratus intermedius []	No picture found Cheirocratus spinibasus []
No picture found Cheirocratus sundevallii []	No picture found Echinogammarus finmarchicus []	No picture found Echinogammarus ischnus []
No picture found Echinogammarus obtusatus []	No picture found Echinogammarus stoerensis []	No picture found Gammarus aequicauda []
No picture found Gammarus chevreuxi []	No picture found Gammarus crinicornis []	No picture found Gammarus duebeni []
No picture found Gammarus inaequicauda []	Gammarus insensibilis []	No picture found Gammarus lawrencianus []
No picture found Gammarus locusta []	No picture found Gammarus mucronatus []	No picture found Gammarus oceanicus []
No picture found Gammarus pulex []	No picture found Gammarus salinus []	No picture found Gammarus setosus []
No picture found Gammarus subtypicus []	No picture found Gammarus tigrinus []	No picture found Gammarus wilkitzkii []
No picture found Gammarus zaddachi []	No picture found Metaceradocus atlanticus []

26 Species of Family Gammaridae
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Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Cheirocratus assimilis	Northeast Atlantic
Cheirocratus intermedius	Northeast Atlantic
Cheirocratus spinibasus	Western Central Pacific
Cheirocratus sundevallii	Northeast Atlantic
Echinogammarus finmarchicus	Northern Atlantic
Echinogammarus ischnus	Ponto-Caspian.
Echinogammarus obtusatus	Northwest Atlantic
Echinogammarus stoerensis	Northeast Atlantic
Gammarus aequicauda	Mediterranean Sea.
Gammarus chevreuxi	Northeast Atlantic
Gammarus crinicornis	Northeast Atlantic
Gammarus duebeni	Northern Atlantic and the
Gammarus inaequicauda	Northeast Atlantic	0.1 BL
Gammarus insensibilis	Northeast Atlantic and th	1.9 BL
Gammarus lawrencianus	Northwest Atlantic
Gammarus locusta	Northeast Atlantic
Gammarus mucronatus	Western Atlantic
Gammarus oceanicus	Arctic and Northern Atlan
Gammarus pulex	Northeast Atlantic
Gammarus salinus	Northeast Atlantic
Gammarus setosus	Arctic and Northern Atlan
Gammarus subtypicus	Mediterranean
Gammarus tigrinus	Northeast Atlantic and An
Gammarus wilkitzkii	Northeast Atlantic and th	6.23 BL
Gammarus zaddachi	Northeast Atlantic
Metaceradocus atlanticus	Western Central Atlantic

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