Overview

Distribution

Distribution

Arcachon Bay, Azores Exclusive Economic Zone, Baie de la Seine, Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone, British Isles, Covas Beach, European waters (ERMS scope), Golfe Normanno-Breton, Irish Exclusive economic Zone, Isle of Wight, La Coruña, Oostende, Plymouth, Polish Exclusive Economic Zone, Ría del Eo, Ría do Barqueiro, Roscoff, Santander, Spuikom, St-Jean-de-Luz, United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone, Voordelta, West Coast of Norway , Wimereux
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Physical Description

Type Information

Syntype for Gammarus locusta Linnaeus
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol); Slide
Year Collected: 1872
Locality: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, North Atlantic Ocean
Depth (m): 37 to 37
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Ecology

Habitat

Depth range based on 227 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 13 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 0 - 127
  Temperature range (°C): 3.446 - 11.964
  Nitrate (umol/L): 1.141 - 6.050
  Salinity (PPS): 6.095 - 35.035
  Oxygen (ml/l): 6.339 - 8.544
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.259 - 0.539
  Silicate (umol/l): 3.388 - 14.734

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 0 - 127

Temperature range (°C): 3.446 - 11.964

Nitrate (umol/L): 1.141 - 6.050

Salinity (PPS): 6.095 - 35.035

Oxygen (ml/l): 6.339 - 8.544

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.259 - 0.539

Silicate (umol/l): 3.388 - 14.734
 
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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Gammarus locusta

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species. 

 
There are 14 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank.  Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species.  See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
 
FCGA028-04|FC-GB2A|Gammarus locusta| ---------------------------------------ACCNTATATTTTATTTTAGGTGCTTGGGCAAGAGTTGTAGGGACTTCACTA---AGTGTGATTATCCGGTCCGAGTTAAGAGCTCCCGGTAATTTAATCGGGGAC---GACCAACTTTATAACGTTATAGTCACCGCACATGCTTTTGTTATAATTTTCTTTATAGTTATACCGATTATGATCGGGGGGTTCGGAAATTGGTTAGTTCCCCTTATG---CTAGGGTCCCCCGACATAGCGTTTCCTCGGATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGACTTCTCCCCCCCTCGCTTATTTTACTACTCATAAGAGGGCTTGTAGAAAGAGGAGTCGGGACGGGTTGGACAGTGTATCCCCCGCTAGCAGGGGCTGTAGCCCACAGAGGCGGAGCGGTGGACCTC---GCTATTTTTTCACTACATTTAGCGGGAGCCTCCTCCATCCTAGGGGCTATCAATTTTATTTCTACAGTTTTGAACATGCGCAGACCAGGTATACCCTTGGACCAAATACCCTTGTTTGTTTGGTCAGTTTTTATTACAGCTATCCTTCTCCTTCTCTCCCTCCCTGTTTTAGCGGGA---GCTATTACGATATTACTAACCGACCGTAATCTAAATACCTCCTTCTTTGACCCCAGCGGAGGGGGAGACCCTATTTTATACCAGCACTTG------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Gammarus locusta

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 14
Species: 23
Species With Barcodes: 1

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