Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Senticaudata > Infraorder Gammarida > Parvorder Gammaridira > Superfamily Gammaroidea > Family Gammaridae > Genus Gammarus

Gammarus fossarum Koch, 1836

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gammarus*	Fabricius, 1775	accepted genus name
*Cancer (Gammarus)*	Fabricius, 1775	synonym

Species group names

*Gammarus cantor*	G. S. Karaman, 1973	subjective synonym
*Gammarus danubialis*	S. Karaman, 1931	subjective synonym
*Gammarus delebecquei*	Chevreux & de Guerne, 1892	subjective synonym
*Gammarus subterranea*	S. Karaman, 1931	subjective synonym
*Gammarus subterraneus*	Schneider, 1885	subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: mountain riverine amphipod sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

French: gammare des ruisseaux

German: Gebirgs-Bachflohkrebs

Literature

original description	Koch C. L. (in Panzer, 1836). (1836). Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden. Ein Beitrag zur Deutschen Fauna (G. A. W. Herrich-Schäfer, Regensburg). 5(1): 1-24.
redescription	Goedmakers A. (1972). Gammarus fossarum Koch 1835: redescription based on neotype material and notes on its local variation (Crustacea:Amphipoda). Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. 42(2), 124-138.

Genbank

Citation

Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Gammarus fossarum Koch, 1836. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:478934

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Gammarus fossarum Koch, 1836. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/3f3e5218-7428-4fe1-ba01-f0f13183835e