killer shrimp
Dikerogammarus villosus (Sowinsky, 1894)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Dikerogammarus villosus (Sowinsky, 1894)
- Name authority
- (Sowinsky, 1894)
- Common name
- killer shrimp
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Amphipoda
- Family
- Gammaridae
- Genus
- Dikerogammarus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumCrustacea
- classMalacostraca
- orderAmphipoda Latreille, 1816
- suborderSenticaudata Lowry & Myers, 2013
- infraorderGammarida Latreille, 1802
- parvorderGammaridira Lowry & Myers, 2013
- superfamilyGammaroidea Latreille, 1802 (Bousfield, 1977)
- familyGammaridae Latreille, 1802
- genusDikerogammarus Stebbing, 1899
- speciesDikerogammarus villosus (Sowinsky, 1894)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dikerogammarus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Dikerogammarus caspius (Pallas, 1771) | GammaridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dikerogammarus istanbulensis Özbek, 2011 | GammaridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dikerogammarus oskari Birstein, 1945 | GammaridaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Gammarus marinus var. villosa Sowinsky, 1894 Sowinsky, 1894 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/amphipoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148586 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:364SQ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.