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Acanthogammaridae
Acanthogammaridae is a family of Amphipoda, 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'' 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 Tachteew, 2000 *''Aspretus'' Kamaltynov, 2001 *''Asprogammarus'' Bazikalova, 1975 *''Carinogammarus'' Stebbing, 1899 *''Echiuropus'' Sowinsky, 1915 *''Eremogammarus'' Kamaltynov, 2001 *''Pseudomicruropus'' Bazikalova, 1961 *''Smaragdogammarus'' Bazikalova, 1975 ; ...
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Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal is a rift lake and the deepest lake in the world. It is situated in southern Siberia, Russia between the Federal subjects of Russia, federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast, Irkutsk Oblasts of Russia, Oblast to the northwest and the Republic of Buryatia to the southeast. At —slightly larger than Belgium—Lake Baikal is the world's List of lakes by area, seventh-largest lake by surface area, as well as the second largest lake in Eurasia after the Caspian Sea. However, because it is also the List of lakes by depth, deepest lake, with a maximum depth of , Lake Baikal is the world's List of lakes by volume, largest freshwater lake by volume, containing of water or 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 ancient lake, oldest lake at 25–30 million years, and among the clearest. It is estimated that the lake contains around 19% of the unfrozen fresh water on the planet. Lake Baikal ...
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Brandtia
''Brandtia'' is a genus of amphipod in the family Acanthogammaridae.Horton, T. et al. 202''Brandtia'' Spence Bate, 1863 World Register of Marine Species accessed 22 April 2025 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. The extent of the genus is controversial. Generally it is restricted to the single species ''Brandtia latissima'' and its several subspecies, but others still include ''Brandtia parasitica'', an epibiont of lubomirskiid sponges,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. which has been moved to '' Dorogostaisk ...
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