Gammarus oceanicus oceanic scud

Gammarus oceanicus is commonly referred to as oceanic scud. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

4013 

AphiaID:

102285 

Scientific:

Gammarus oceanicus 

German:

Ozeanischer Flohkrebs 

English:

Oceanic Scud 

Category:

Amphipods 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Segerstråle, 1947 

Occurrence:

the Baltic Sea, Canada Eastern Pacific, Estonia, France, Germany, Spitsbergen /Svalbard, Sweden 

Sea depth:

0 - 75 Meter 

Size:

0.79" - 1.18" (2cm - 3cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C) 

Food:

omnivore 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L)  

Difficulty:

Easy 

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:

2012-01-21 12:16:59 

Last edit:

2025-02-26 19:59:54 

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