''Brandtia'' is a
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
genus of
amphipod
Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detritivores or scavengers. There are more than 9,900 amphipod species so far descr ...
in the
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
*'' B ...
family, containing the species ''Brandtia latissima''.
Like other members of the family, it is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
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 Repu ...
.
[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
An omnivore () is an animal that has the ability to eat and survive on both plant and animal matter. Obtaining energy and nutrients from plant and animal matter, omnivores digest carbohydrates, protein, fat, and fiber, and metabolize the nutr ...
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''.][
]
References
Gammaridea
Freshwater crustaceans of Asia
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