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Acanthogammaridae
Acanthogammaridae is a family of amphipod crustaceans, endemic to Lake Baikal. It contains the following subfamilies and genera: ;Acanthogammarinae Garjajeff, 1901 *'' Acanthogammarus'' Stebbing, 1899 *'' Boeckaxelia'' Schellenberg, 1940 *'' Brachyuropus'' Stebbing, 1899 *''Brandtia ''Brandtia'' is a monotypic genus of amphipod in the Acanthogammaridae family, containing the species ''Brandtia latissima''. Like other members of the family, it is endemic to Lake Baikal.Mekhanikova, I. V. (2010). ''Morphology of the Mandible ...'' Bate, 1862 *'' Carinurus'' Sowinsky, 1915 *'' Cheirogammarus'' Sowinsky, 1915 *'' Coniurus'' Sowinsky, 1915 *'' Cornugammarus'' Kamaltynov, 2001 *'' Dedyuola'' Kamaltynov, 2001 *''Diplacanthus'' Kamaltynov, 2001 *'' Dorogammarus'' Bazikalova, 1945 *'' Dorogostaiskia'' Kamaltynov, 2001 *'' Eucarinogammarus'' Sowinsky, 1915 *'' Issykogammarus'' Chevreux, 1908 *'' Metapallasea'' Bazikalova, 1959 *'' Oxyacanthus'' Kamaltynov, 2001 ;Carinogammarinae Tach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandtia
''Brandtia'' is a monotypic genus of amphipod in the Acanthogammaridae family, containing the species ''Brandtia latissima''. Like other members of the family, it is endemic to Lake Baikal.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 This omnivore is found at depths of among stones. It is up to long. ''D. parasitica'', which traditionally has been considered a parasite Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ... of Lubomirskiid sponges (gut analyses have shown that it is not), was formerly placed in ''Brandtia'', but it has been moved to '' Dorogostaiskia''. Other species formerly placed in ''Brand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal (, russian: Oзеро Байкал, Ozero Baykal ); mn, Байгал нуур, Baigal nuur) is a rift lake in Russia. It is situated in southern Siberia, between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Republic of Buryatia to the southeast. With of water, Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake by volume, containing 22–23% of the world's fresh surface water, more than all of the North American Great Lakes combined. It is also the world's deepest lake, with a maximum depth of , and the world's oldest lake, at 25–30 million years. At —slightly larger than Belgium—Lake Baikal is the world's seventh-largest lake by surface area. It is among the world's clearest lakes. Lake Baikal is home to thousands of species of plants and animals, many of them endemic to the region. It is also home to Buryat tribes, who raise goats, camels, cattle, sheep, and horses on the eastern side of the lake, where the mean temperature var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
