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Gmelina costata

Status not recordedcrustaceans

Gmelina costata is a species in the family Gammaridae, order Amphipoda.

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Quick facts about Gmelina costata

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 Gmelina costata live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Gmelina costata as introduced in 1 country, and flagged as invasive in it.

  1. Ukraineinvasive

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 Gmelina costata 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 Gmelina costata classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderAmphipoda
  5. familyGammaridae
  6. genusGmelina
  7. SpeciesGmelina costata G.O. Sars, 1894

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Relatives of Gmelina costata

Other species in the same genus Gmelina.

CompareGmelina costata vs Gmelina aestuarica

Common questions

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Is Gmelina costata an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags Gmelina costata as invasive in 1 country: Ukraine. It lists it as introduced in 1 in all.

What kind of animal is Gmelina costata?

Gmelina costata (Gmelina costata) 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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BibTeX
@misc{gmelina_costata_2026,
  title = {Gmelina costata (Gmelina costata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gmelina-costata},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}