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mountain riverine amphipod

Gammarus fossarum

Classification

Gammarus fossarum is a species complex of freshwater amphipod crustacean native to Europe. They are abundant members of the macroinvertebrate community, and also used as model organisms for ecotoxicology. Description Gammarus fossarum go through nine or ten moults of their exoskeleton before reaching sexual maturity; weighing just 0.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Germany · 38United Kingdom · 16Netherlands · 9Switzerland · 1