Gammarus desperatus
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| Gammarus desperatus Cole, 1981
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Gammarus desperatus is a species of amphipod crustacean in the family Gammaridae.
G. desperatus was formerly found at three sites in New Mexico, but it has since been extirpated from two of these sites.[1] G. desperatus only survives within Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge.[1] It is listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List,[1] and as an endangered species under the United States Endangered Species Act.[2]
References
- ^ a b c B. Lang; C. M. Pollock (2000). "Gammarus desperatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000. IUCN: e.T8902A12937542. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T8902A12937542.en. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ "Noel's Amphipod (Gammarus desperatus) species profile". Environmental Conservation Online System. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. October 10, 2010.
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- IUCN Red List critically endangered species
- Gammarus
- Crustaceans of the United States
- Endemic fauna of the United States
- Freshwater crustaceans of North America
- Natural history of New Mexico
- Critically endangered fauna of the United States
- Chaves County, New Mexico
- Animals described in 1981
- ESA endangered species
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