1 A MODERN CLASSIFICATION OF LAKE BAIKAL AMPHIPODS Professor Ravil Kamaltynov of Irkutsk has recently published a catalogue of the very rich fauna of Lake Baikal Amphipoda in the new series “Index of Animal species inhabiting Lake Baikal and its catchment area”. The Amphipoda are on pp 572-83 1 of Vol I Book 1 of this series, published by the science editors Nauka in Novosibirsk in 2001. As this book is not all that easy to obtain in the west, prof Kamaltynov has kindly allowed me to copy his classification of the Baikal amphipods on the amphipod website, thereby making it available and ‘downloadable’ for all colleagues. It should be noted, that Dr V.V.Tachteew, who also recently has published an important monograph on Lake Baikal amphipods :“Essays on the amphipods of Lake Baikal (systematics, comparative ecology, evolution)”( Irkutsk State University Press, Irkutsk, 2000, 356 pp) employs a somewhat different classification, with fewer families (cf pp 325-335 in his book); NB All taxa from this book are cited by Kamaltynov as published in 2001.. Both works are in Russian, but Kamaltynov gives English diagnoses of the new taxa described in his catalogue on pp 763-818. Here follows Kamaltynov’ s classification: NB. The type species are denoted by an asterisk ACANTHOGAMMARIDAE Garjajeff, 1901 ACANTHOGAMMARINAE Garjajeff, 1901 Acanthogammarus Stebbing, 1899 Acanthogammarus Stebbing, 1899 A. (A.) albus (Garjajeff, 1901) *A. (A.) godlewskii (Dybowsky, 1874) A.(A.) gracilispinus Tachteew, 2001 Ancryracanthus Kamaltynov, 2001 A. (An.) lappaceus Tachteew, 2001 A. (An.) longispinus Tachteew, 2001 A. (An.) maculosus Dorogostaisky, 1930 *A. (An.) victorii (Dybowsky, 1874) Diplacanthus Kamaltynov, 2001 *D. brevispinus (Dorogostaisky, 1922) Cornugammarus Kamaltynov, 2001 *C. maximus (Garjajeff, 1901) Oxy acanthus Kamaltynov, 2001 O. curtus (Bazikalova, 1945) *0. flavus (Garjajeff, 1901) O. korotneffii (garjajeff, 1901) O. rodionowi (Dorogostaisky, 1922) O. sowinskii (Bazikalova, 1945) O. subbrevispinus (Bazikalova, 1945) Brachyuropus Stabbing, 1899 *B. grewingkii (Dybowsky, 1874) B. nassonowi Dorogostaisky, 1922 B. reichertii (Dybowsky, 1874) Cheirogammarus Sowinsky, 1915 *Ch. inflatus Sowinsky, 1915 Boeckaxelia Schellenberg, 1940 *B. carpenterii (Dybowsky, 1874) B. elegans (Dorogostaisky, 1930) B. potanini (Dorogostaisky, 1922) B. profundalis (Bazikalova, 1945) B. rubra (Garjajeff, 1901) Dorogammarus BdiZikdiloYdi, 1945 ‘D. castaneus (Dorogostaisky, 1930) Carinurus Sowinsky, 1915 C. amentatus G. Karaman, 1977 C. bazikalovae G. Karaman, 1977 C. belkinii (Garjajeff, 1901) C. bicarinatus Bazikalova, 1935 C. bifrons G.Karaman, 1977 C. karamani Kamaltynov, 2001 C. microphthalmus (Sowinsly, 1915) C. obscurus Dorogostaisky, 1922 C. platycarinus (Sowinsky, 1915) C. reissnerii (Dybowsky, 1874) *C. solskii (Dybowsky, 1874) C.werestschagini Bazikalova, 1935 Coniurus Sowinsky, 1915 *C. palmatus Sowinsky, 1915 C. radoschkowskii (Dybowsky, 1874) (radoszkowskii?) C. wadimi Sowinsky, 1915 Brandtia Sp. Bate, 1862 *B. 1. latissima (Gerstfeldt, 1858) B. 1. acera Dorogostaisky, 1917 B. 1. extima Dorogostaisky, 1930 3 B. 1. intermedia Dorogostaisky, 1930 B. 1. lata (Dybowsky, 1874) B. 1. latior (Dybowsky, 1874) B. 1. poly spina Dorogostaisky, 1930 Dorogostaiskia Kamaltynov, 200 1(= Spinacanthus preocc.) D. birsteini (Bazikalova, 1948) *D. insularis (Dorogostaisky, 1930) D. parasitica (Dybowsky, 1874) Dedyuola Kamaltynov, 2001 *D. armata (Dybowsky, 1874) D. margaritae (Bazikalova, 1959) D. ongureni (Garjajeff, 1901) Eucarinogammarus Sowinsky, 1915 *E. wagii (Dybowsky, 1874) E. pallidus Dorogostaisky, 1922 Metapallasea^diZikSiXowdi, 1959 *M. galinae Bazikalova, 1959 HYAEEEEOPSINAE Kamaltynov, 1999 GammarosphaeraBdiZ\k3i\o\di, 1936 *G. insularis Bazikalova, 1936 Hyalellopsis Stebbing, 1 899 H. bicolorata Bazikalova, 1948 H. carinata Sowinsky, 1915 H. costata Sowinsky, 1915 *H. czyrnianskii (Dybowsky, 1874) H. depressirostris Sowinsky, 1915 H. eugeniae Sowinsky, 1915 H. grisea Dorogostaisky, 1930 H. hamata Sowinsly, 1915 H. irinae Bazikalova, 1959 H. 1. latipes Bazikalova, 1945 H. 1. selengensis Bazikalova, 1945 H. linevitschae Kamaltynov, 2001 H. macrocephala Bazikalova, 1945 H. nana Bazikalova, 1959 H. setosa Sowinsky, 1915 H. stebbingi Sowinsky, 1915 H. taczanowskii (Dybowsky, 1874) H. tixtonae Sowinsky, 1915 H. variabilis Dorogostaisky, 1930 CARINOGAMMARINAE Tachteew, 2001 Aspretus Kamaltynov, 2001 *A. puer (Bazikalova, 1975) A. pulchelliformis (Bazikalova, 1975) Asprogammarus Bazikalova 1975 A. bathyphilus Bazikalova, 1975 A. macropsis Bazikalova, 1975 A. pulchellus (Dybowsky, 1874) *A. rhodophthalmus (Dybowsky, 1874) A. brachyums Bazikalova, 1975 A. microphthalmus (Dybowsky, 1874) A. strenuus Bazikalova, 1975 A. seidlitzii (Dybowsky, 1874) Carinogammarus Stebbing, 1 899 *C. cinnamomeus (Dybowsky, 1874) Echiuropus Sowinsky, 1915 E. brevicaudatus Sowinsky, 1915 *E. macronychus Sowinsky, 1915 E. levis (Bazikalova, 1975) E. morawitzii (Dybowsky, 1874) E. perplexus (Bazikalova, 1975) E. sempercarinatus (Bazikalova, 1975) Smaragdogammarus^diZikdiXowdi, 1975 S. gulekani (Bazikalova, 1975) *S. smaragdinus (Dybowsky, 1874) Pseudomicruropus^diZ\k3i\o\di, 1962 P. chargoensis (Sowinsky, 1915) P. lepidiformis Bazikalova, 1962 P. lepidus (Bazikalova, 1945) P. magnus Bazikalova, 1962 *P. rotundatulus (Bazikalova, 1945) Eremogammarus Kamaltynov, 2001 *E. puella (Dybowsky, 1874) PARAPAEEASEINAE Kamaltynov 1999 Ceratogammarus Sowinsky, 1915 C. acems Bazikalova, 1937 5 C. cornutus (Sowinsky, 1915) *C. dybowskii Sowinsky, 1915 Palicarinus Barnard & Barnard, 1983 P. carinulatus (Dorogostaisky, 1922) P. niger (Garjajeff, 1901) *P. puzyllii (Dybowsky, 1874) Parapallasea Stebbing, 1899 P. b. borowskii (Dybowsky, 1874) P. b. abyssalis (Dybowsky, 1874) P. wosnessenskii Dorogostaisky, 1922 P. sitnikovae Tachteew, 2001 *P. lagowskii (Dybowsky, 1874) PLESIOGAMMARINAE Kamaltynov, 1999 Garjajewia Sowinsky, 1915 *G. cabanisii (Dybowsky, 1874) G. dershawini Sowinsky, 1915) G. dogieli Bazikalova, 1935 G. ninae Bazikalova, 1945 G. sarsi Sowinsky, 1915 Koshovia BdizikdiloYdi, 1975 *K. mirabilis Bazikalova, 1975 ParagarjajewiaBa^zik3\oY3^, 1945 *P. petersii (Dybowsky, 1874) P. microphthalma Bazikalova, 1948 Plesiogammarus Stebbing, 1899 Plesiogammarus Stebbing, 1899 *P. (P.) gerstaeckeri (Dybowsky, 1874) P. (P.) m. martinsoni Tachteew, 1997 P. (P.) m. impransus Tachteew, 1997 Caecogammarus Kamaltynov, 2001 *P. (C.) brevis Bazikalova, 1975 P. (C.) inquaesitus Tachteew, 1997 P. (C.) mazepowae Tachteew, 1997 P. (C.) timoshkini Tachteew, 1997 Sentogammarus Kamaltynov, 2001 *S. zienkowiczii (Dybowsky, 1874) Supernogammarus Kamaltynov, 2001 *S. longicomis (Sowinsky, 1915) POEKILOGAMMARINAE Kamaltynov, 1999 BathygammarusB?iz\k?i\ow?i, 1945 B. lydiae (Bazikalova, 1935) B. okunewae (Tachteew, 1995) *B. semenkewitschi (Sowinsky, 1915) B. unguisetosus (Sowinsky, 1915) Gymnogammarus Sowinsky, 1915 *G. macmms Sowinsky, 1915 Inobsequentus Tachteew, 2000 *1. galini (Tachteew, 2000) Onychogammarus Sowinsky, 1915 Onychogammarus Sowinsky, 1915 *0. (O.) araneolus (Dybowsky, 1874) O. (O.) crassimanus (Sowinsky, 1915) O. (O.) dorogostajskii (Tachteew, 1995) O. (O.) ephippiatus (Dybowsky, 1874) O. (O.) erinaceus (Tachteew, 1992) O. (O.) longipes (Bazikalova, 1945) O. (O.) megonychoides (Bazikalova, 1945) O. (O.) megonychus (Sowinsky, 1915) O. (O.) perpolitus (Tachteew, 2000) O. (O.) pictoides (Sowinsky, 1915) O. (O.) pygoacanthus (Tachteew, 1995) O. (O.) quinquefasciatus (Dybowsky, 1874) Variogammarus Tachteew, 1995 O. (V.) curvirostris (Bazikalova, 1945) *0. (V.) rectirostris (Bazikalova, 1945) Rostrogammarus^diz\kdi\o\di, 1945 R. amblyops (Bazikalova, 1945) R. brevirostris (Bazikalova, 1945) R. longirostris (Bazikalova, 1945) R. orchestes (Dybowsky, 1874) *R. rostratus (Sowinsky, 1915) R. talitms (Dybowsky, 1874) Poekilogammarus Stebbing, 1 899 *P. pictus (Dybowsky, 1874) Nyctoporea Kamaltynov, 2001 *N. sukaczewi (Sowinsky, 1915) EULIMNOGAMMARIDAE Kamaltynov, 1999 7 ABYSSOGAMMARINAE Kamaltynov, 1999 Abyssogammarus Sowinsky, 1915 A. echinatus Bazikalova, 1945 A. gracilis Sowinsky, 1915 A. minor Bazikalova, 1945 *A. sarmatus (Dybowsky, 1874) Laxmannia Kamaltynov, 2001 *L. swartschewskii (Sowinsky, 1915) Leptostenus^diz\kdi\owdi, 1945 *L. 1. leptocerus (Dybowsky, 1874) L. 1. nematocerus (Dybowsky, 1874) Polyacanthina^diZikSiXoNdi, 1937 *P. calceolata Bazikalova, 1937 Sluginella Kamaltynov, 2001 Sluginella Kamaltynov, 2001 S. (S.) gracilirostris (Bazikalova, 1945) *S. (S.) pachycerus (Bazikalova, 1945) S. (S.) stanislavii (Dybowsky, 1874) Lamugammarus Kamaltynov, 2001 S. (L.) crassicornis (Sowinsky, 1915) S. (L.) kietlinskii (Dybowsky, 1874) *S. (L.) macrophthalma (Bazikalova, 1945) S. (L.) tenuipes (Sowinsky, 1915) Barguzinia Kamaltynov, 2001 *B. calceolata (Sowinsky, 1915) EULIMNOGAMMARINAE Kamaltynov, 1999 Eulimnogammarus BdizikdiloYdi, 1945 E. ?abyssalis (Sowinsky, 1915) E. affmis (Sowinsky, 1915) E. aheneoides Bazikalova, 1945 E. aheneus (Dybowsky, 1874) E. asetus Bazikalova, 1945 E. miniatus (Dyboswky, 1874) E. setosus (Dybowsky, 1874) E. succineus (Dybowsky, 1874) E. brachycoxalis Bazikalova, 1945 E. burkani Bazikalova, 1945 E. byrkini (Sowinsky, 1915) E. canus (Dybowsky, 1874) E. capreolus (Dybowsky, 1874) E. cmentus (Dorogostaisky, 1930) E. cyanellus Bazikalova, 1945 E. cyaneus (Dybowsky, 1874) E. cyanoides (Sowinsky, 1915) E. czerskii (Dybowsky, 1874) E. epimeralis (Sowinsky, 1915) E. exiguus Bazikalova, 1945 E. fuscus (Dybowsky, 1874) E. longicomis Bazikalova, 1945 E. grandimanus Bazikalova, 1945 E. heterochims Bazikalova, 1945 E. hyacinthinus (Dybowsky, 1874) E. i. ibex (Dybowsky, 1874) E. i. atrichus Bazikalova, 1945 E. immundus Bazikalova, 1945 E. inconspicuus Bazikalova, 1945 E. kuznesowi (Sowinsky, 1915) E. laevis (Sowninsky, 1915) E. lividus (Dybowsky, 1874) E. maacki (Gerstfeldt, 1858) E. marituji Bazikalova, 1945 E. melanochloms (Dorogostaisky, 1930) E. muriniformis Bazikalova, 1945 E. murinus (Dybowsky, 1874) E. obsoletus Bazikalova, 1945 E. oligacanthus Bazikalova, 1945 E. olivaceus (Dybowsky, 1874) E. parvexiformis Bazikalova, 1945 E. parvexii (Dybowsky, 1874) E. polyarthrus (Dybowsky, 1874) E. proximus (Sowinsky, 1915) E. rachmanovi (Sowinsky, 1915) E. saphirinus (Dybowsky, 1874) E. schamanensis (Dybowsky, 1874) E. similis (Sowinsky, 1915) E. simpliciformis Bazikalova, 1975 E. sophiae (Dybowsky, 1874) E. stenophthalmus (Dybowsky, 1874) E. testaceus (Dybowsky, 1874) 9 E. toxophthalmus (Dybowsky, 1874) E. u. ussolzewii (Dybowsky, 1874) E. u. abyssomm (Dybowsky, 1874) *E. verrucosus (Gerstfeldt, 1858) E. violaceus (Dybowsky, 1874) E. virgatus (Dorogostaisky, 1930) E. viridiformis (Sowinsky, 1915) E. viridis (Dybowsky, 1874) E. viridulus Bazikalova, 1945 E. vittatus (Dybowsky, 1874) ODONTOGAMMARIDAE Kamaltynov, 1999 Bazikalovia Tachteew, 2001 B. macrochirus (Bazikalova, 1945) B. minima (Bazikalova, 1945) *B. simplex (Sowinsky, 1915) Berchinia Kamaltynov, 2001 *B. curvimanus (Sowinsky, 1915) Heterogammarus Stebbing, 1899 H. bifasciatus (Dybowsky, 1874) *H. s. sophianosi (Dybowsky, 1874) H. s.scirtes (Dybowsky, 1874) LobogammarusBdiZikSiXowdi, 1945 *E. latus Bazikalova, 1945 Macropereiopus Sowinsky, 1915 M. albulus (Dybowsky, 1874) M. dagarskii Sowinsky, 1915 *M. florii (Dybowsky, 1874) M. grandimanus Bazikalova, 1945 M. leucophthalmus (Sowinsky, 1915) M. mirus Bazikalova, 1975 M. parvus Bazikalova, 1945 M. wagneri Sowinsky, 1915 Odontogammarus Stebbing, 1899 O. bekmanae Tachteew, 1999 O. brevipes Dorogostaisky, 1930 *0. calcaratus (Dybowsky, 1874) O. caeculus Tachteew, 1999 O. demianowiczi Dorogostaisky, 1930 O. improvisus Dorogostaisky, 1930 O. korotnewi (Sowinsky, 1915) O. margaritaceus (Dybowsly, 1874) O. pulcherrimus Dorogostaisky, 1930 Ommatogammarus Stebbing, 1 899 Abludogammarus G.Karaman, 1980 *0.(A.) flavus (Dybowsky, 1874) Ommatogammarus Stebbing, 1899 *0. (O.) albinus (Dybowsky, 1874) Pretiositus Kamaltynov, 2001 O. (P.) amethystinus (Dybowsky, 1874) O. (P.) carneolus (Dybowsky, 1874) *0. (P.) melanophthalmus Bazikalova, 1945 Profundalia Kamaltynov, 2001 *P. tenuis (Bazikalova, 1945) Tengisia Kamaltynov, 2001 *T. capella (Dybowsky, 1874) T. sowinskii (Bazikalova, 1945) T. ignota (Dybowsky, 1874) T. incerta (Sowinsky, 1915) BAIKALOGAMMARIDAE Kamaltynov, 2001 Baikalogammarus Stebbing, 1899 *B. pullus (Dybowsky, 1874) MACROHECTOPIDAE Stebbing, 1899 Macrohectopus Stebbing, 1899 *M. branickii (Dybowsky, 1874) MICRUROPODIDAE Kamaltynov, 1999 CRYPTUROPODINAE Kamaltynov, 2001 Crypturopus Sowinsky, 1915 C. inflatus (Dybowsky, 1874) *C. pachytus (Dybowsky, 1874) C. mgosus (Dybowsky, 1874) C. tenuipes Bazikalova, 1945 C. tuberculatus (Dybowsky, 1874) Homocerisca^diZ\k3i\o\di, 1945 11 H. caudata Bazikalova, 1945 *H. perla (Dybowsky, 1874) H. perloides Bazikalova, 1945 H. tenuicauda Bazikalova, 1945 GMELINOIDINAE Kamaltynov, 2001 Gmelinoides^diZ\k3i\o\di, 1945 *G. fasciatus (Stebbing, 1899) MICRUROPODINAE Kamaltynov, 2001 Linevichella Kamaltynov, 2001 *E. vortex (Dybowsky, 1874) E. vorticella Bazikalova, 1945 Micruropus Stebbing, 1899 M. asper Bazikalova, 1962 M. brevicaudata Bazikalova, 1945 M. ciliodorsalis Sowinsky, 1915 M. rostratus Bazikalova, 1962 M. cristatus Dorogostaisky, 1936 M. dybowskii Bazikalova, 1945 M. stelleri Kamaltynov, 2001 M. tomilovi Kamaltynov, 2001 M. eugenii Bazikalova, 1945 M. fixsenii (Dybowsky, 1874) M. galasii Bazikalova, 1962 M. glaber (Dybowsky, 1874) M. murini Bazikalova, 1945 M. ivanowi Bazikalova, 1945 M. garjajewi Bazikalova, 1945 M. klukii (Dybowsky, 1874) M.koshowi Bazikalova, 1945 M. setosus Bazikalova, 1945 M. crassicauda Bazikalova, 1962 M. laeviusculus (Sowinsky, 1915) M. dubius Bazikalova, 1962 M. littoralis (Dybowsky, 1874) M. crassipes Sowinsky, 1915 M. macroconus Bazikalova, 1945 M. tenuis Bazikalova, 1962 M. calceolaris Bazikalova, 1945 M. gurjanowae Bazikalova, 1945 M. minutus Sowinsky, 1915 M. mozi Bazikalova, 1945 M. parvulus Bazikalova, 1945 M. platycercus (Dybowsky, 1874) M. possolskii Sowinsly, 1915 M. pupilla Bazikalova, 1962 M. pusillus Bazikalova, 1962 M. semenowi Bazikalova, 1945 M. talitroides (Dybowsky, 1874) M. eurypus Bazikalova, 1945 M. latus Bazikalova, 1962 M. ushkani Bazikalova, 1945 *M.wahlii (Dybowsky, 1874) PACHYSCHESIDAE Kamaltynov, 1999 PachyschesisBdiZ\k2i\o\di, 1945 P. acanthogammarii Tachteew, 2001 P. bazikalovae G. Karaman, 1976 P. bergi Bazikalova, 1945 *P. branchialis (Dybowsky, 1874) P. bumammus Tachteew, 2001 P. crassus (Sowinsky, 1915) P. cucuschanok Tachteew, 2001 P. indiscretus Tachteew, 2001 P. inquilinus Tachteew, 2001 P. karabanowi Tachteew, 2001 P. lamakini Tachteew, 2001 P. pinguiculus Tachteew, 2001 P. punctiommatus Tachteew, 2001 P. rams Tachteew, 2001 P. sideljowae Tachteew, 2001 P. vorax Tachteew, 2001 PALLASEIDAE Tachteew, 2001 Pallasea Sp. Bate, 1862 *P. cancellus (Pallas, 1772) P. gerstfeldtii (Dybowsky, 1874) 13 Pallaseopsis Kamaltynov & Vainola, in Kamaltynov, 2001 P. cancelloides (Gerstfeldt, 1858) *P. g.gmbii (Dybowsky, 1874) P. g. arenicola (Dorogostaisky, 1922) P. kessleri (Dybowsky, 1874) P. maligna Tachteew, 2001 Hakonboeckia Stebbing, 1899 *H. strauchii (Dybowsky, 1874) Babr Kamaltynov & Vainola, in Kamaltynov, 2001 *B. baikali (Stebbing, 1899)(= Gammams lovenii Dybowsky preocc.) B. inermis (Sowinsky, 1915) B. nigromaculatus (Dorogostaisky, 1922) Burchania Tachteew, 2001 *B. meissneri (Bazikalova, 1945) Homalogammarus BdiZ\kdi\o\di, 1945 *H. brandtii (Dybowsky, 1874) H. tenera (Sowinsky, 1915) H. flaviceps (Dorogostaisky, 1930) Pentagonurus Sowinsky, 1915 P. dawydowi (Sowinsky, 1915) *P. dybowskii (Stebbing, 1899) P. viridis (Garjajeff, 1901) Propachygammarus BdiZikdilowdL, 1945 *P. dryshenkoi (Garjajeff, 1901) P. bicornis (Dorogostaisky, 1930) P. lamellispinus (Bazikalova, 1945) GAMMARIDAE Leach, 1814 Gammams Fabricius, 1775 G. lacustris G.O.Sars, 1863 Please send me corrections and omissions! Tromso, Dec. 2002 Wim Vader wim@tmu.uit.no