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Gammarus tigrinus

Status not recordedcrustaceans

Gammarus tigrinus is a species in the family Gammaridae, order Amphipoda.

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Quick facts about Gammarus tigrinus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Gammarus tigrinus live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Gammarus tigrinus as introduced in 13 countries, and flagged as invasive in 4 of them.

  1. Polandinvasive
  2. Russiainvasive
  3. Swedeninvasive
  4. United Kingdominvasive
  5. Belgium
  6. Estonia
  7. Finland
  8. France
  9. Germany
  10. Ireland
  11. Lithuania
  12. Luxembourg
  13. Switzerland

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Gammarus tigrinus endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Gammarus tigrinus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderAmphipoda
  5. familyGammaridae
  6. genusGammarus
  7. SpeciesGammarus tigrinus Sexton, 1939
Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • tiikerikatkaFinnish
  • tijgervlokreeftDutch
  • kiełżPolish
  • Тигровый гаммарусRussian
  • Kiełż tygrysiPolish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Gammarus tigrinus

Other species in the same genus Gammarus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Gammarus tigrinus an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags Gammarus tigrinus as invasive in 4 countries: Poland, Russia, Sweden and United Kingdom. It lists it as introduced in 13 in all.

What kind of animal is Gammarus tigrinus?

Gammarus tigrinus (Gammarus tigrinus) belongs to the family Gammaridae in the order Amphipoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Gammarus tigrinus (Gammarus tigrinus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/gammarus-tigrinus

MLA

“Gammarus tigrinus (Gammarus tigrinus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/gammarus-tigrinus.

BibTeX
@misc{gammarus_tigrinus_2026,
  title = {Gammarus tigrinus (Gammarus tigrinus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gammarus-tigrinus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}