Gammarus wilkitzkii Amphipod

Gammarus wilkitzkii is commonly referred to as Amphipod. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

10343 

AphiaID:

102297 

Scientific:

Gammarus wilkitzkii 

German:

Eis-Flohkrebs 

English:

Amphipod 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Amphipoda (Order) > Gammaridae (Family) > Gammarus (Genus) > wilkitzkii (Species) 

Initial determination:

Birula, 1897 

Occurrence:

Russland, Alaska , Arctic (North Polar Sea), Barents Sea, Bering Sea, Canada Western Atlantic, Chukchi Sea, European Coasts, Greenland, North Atlantic Ocean, Northeast Atlantic, Scandinavia, Spitsbergen /Svalbard 

Sea depth:

1 - 3900 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

6,2 cm 

Temperature:

-0,2 °F - -1,7 °F (-0,2°C - -1,7°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Copepods 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Gammarus acherondytes
• Gammarus annulatus
• Gammarus bousfieldi
• Gammarus chevreuxi
• Gammarus crinicornis
• Gammarus daiberi
• Gammarus desperatus
• Gammarus duebeni
• Gammarus fasciatus
• Gammarus finmarchicus
• Gammarus hyalelloides
• Gammarus insensibilis
• Gammarus jenneri
• Gammarus lacustris
• Gammarus lawrencianus
• Gammarus limnaeus
• Gammarus locusta
• Gammarus minus
• Gammarus mucronatus
• 
  Gammarus oceanicus
  Ozeanischer Flohkrebs
• Gammarus palustris
• Gammarus paynei
• Gammarus pecos
• Gammarus pseudolimnaeus
• 
  Gammarus pulex
  Bachflohkrebse
• Gammarus salinus
• Gammarus setosus
• 
  Gammarus tigrinus
  Amphipode
• Gammarus troglophilus
• 
  Gammarus wilkitzkii
  Eis-Flohkrebs
• Gammarus zaddachi
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Gammarus roeselii
  Bachflohkrebs
• 
  Gammarus sp.
  Flohkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-01-18 19:58:26 

Last edit:

2025-10-29 17:57:19 

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