Gammarus desperatus
Gammarus desperatus is a species of amphipod crustacean in the family Gammaridae.
| Gammarus desperatus | |
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| G. desperatus in Chaves County, New Mexico, United States | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Gammaridae |
| Genus: | Gammarus |
| Species: | G. desperatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Gammarus desperatus Cole, 1981 | |
Gammarus desperatus was formerly found at three sites in New Mexico, but it has since been extirpated from two of these sites.[1] G. desperatus only survives within Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge.[1] It is listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List,[1] and as an endangered species under the United States Endangered Species Act.[2]
References
- Lang, B.; Pollock, C.M. (2000). "Gammarus desperatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T8902A12937542. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T8902A12937542.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- "Noel's Amphipod (Gammarus desperatus) species profile". Environmental Conservation Online System. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. October 10, 2010.
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