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Brandtia

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Brandtia
Brandtia latissima latior (to the right)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Acanthogammaridae
Subfamily: Acanthogammarinae
Genus: Brandtia
Spence Bate, 1863
Species:
B. latissima
Binomial name
Brandtia latissima
(Gerstfeldt, 1858)

Brandtia is a genus of amphipod in the family Acanthogammaridae.[1] Like other members of the family, it is endemic to Lake Baikal.[2] This omnivore is found at depths of 1–65 m (3–213 ft) among stones. It is up to 1.9 cm (0.75 in) long.[2]

The extent of the genus is controversial. Generally it is restricted to the single species Brandtia latissima and its several subspecies,[1] but others still include Brandtia parasitica, an epibiont of lubomirskiid sponges,[3][2] which has been moved to Dorogostaiskia.[4] Other species formerly placed in Brandtia have been moved to Gmelinoides (G. fasciatus and G. fasciatoides).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Horton, T. et al. 2025 Brandtia Spence Bate, 1863. World Register of Marine Species accessed 22 April 2025
  2. ^ a b c Mekhanikova, I. V. (2010). Morphology of the Mandible and Lateralia in six endemic Amphipods (Amphipoda, Gammaridea) from Lake Baikal, in relation to Feeding. Crustaceana 83 (7): 865-887. DOI:10.1163/001121610X50428
  3. ^ Takhteev V.V., Berezina N.A., Sidorov D.A. (2015). Checklist of the Amphipoda (Crustacea) from continental waters of Russia, with data on alien species. Arthropoda Selecta 24(3): 335–370.
  4. ^ Horton, T. et al. 2025 Dorogostaiskia Kamaltynov, 2002. World Register of Marine Species accessed 22 April 2025