Gammarus desperatus

Gammarus desperatus is a species of amphipod crustacean in the family Gammaridae.

Gammarus desperatus
G. desperatus in Chaves County, New Mexico, United States
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Amphipoda
Family:	Gammaridae
Genus:	Gammarus
Species:	G. desperatus
Binomial name
Gammarus desperatus Cole, 1981

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

1. B. Lang & C. M. Pollock (2000). "Gammarus desperatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2000: e.T8902A12937542. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T8902A12937542.en. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
2. "Noel's Amphipod (Gammarus desperatus) species profile". Environmental Conservation Online System. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. October 10, 2010.