Misplaced Pages

Brandtia
Brandtia latissima latior
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Amphipoda
Family:	Acanthogammaridae
Subfamily:	Acanthogammarinae
Genus:	Brandtia Bate, 1862
Species:	B. latissima
Binomial name
Brandtia latissima (Gerstfeldt, 1858)

Brandtia is a monotypic genus of amphipod in the family Acanthogammaridae, containing the species Brandtia latissima. Like other members of the family, it is endemic to Lake Baikal. This omnivore is found at depths of 1–65 m (3–213 ft) among stones. It is up to 1.9 cm (0.75 in) long.

Brandtia parasitica, which traditionally has been considered a parasite of Lubomirskiid sponges (gut analyses have shown that it is not), was formerly placed in Brandtia, but it has been moved to Dorogostaiskia. Other species formerly placed in Brandtia have been moved to Gmelinoides (G. fasciatus and G. fasciatoides).

References

1. ^ Lowry, J. (2015). Lowry J (ed.). "Brandtia Bate, 1862". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
2. ^ Mekhanikova, I. V. (2010). Morphology of the Mandible and Lateralia in six endemic Amphipods (Amphipoda, Gammaridea) from Lake Baikal, in relation to Feeding. Crustaceana 83 (7): 865-887. DOI:10.1163/001121610X50428
3. Väinölä, R., Daneliya, M., Lowry, J. (2015). Lowry J (ed.). "Dorogostaiskia Kamaltynov, 2002". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

This amphipod article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Senticaudata
• Amphipod genera
• Freshwater crustaceans of Asia
• Amphipod stubs