Possible causes of amphi-Atlantic distribution of Orchestia gammarellus (Pallas, 1776) (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Talitridae) in the North Atlantic: a review

• Main Authors: Wildish, David J., McDonald, John H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2023
• Subjects: Biota; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Senticaudata; Talitrida; Talitridira; Talitroidea; Talitroidae; Talitridae; Talitrinae; Orchestia; Orchestia gammarellus; evolution; dispersal; North Atlantic; O. gammarellus; zoogeography; Iceland; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.99.95980

Hypotheses concerning the modern distribution of Orchestia gammarellus (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Talitridae) and its causes in the North Atlantic are discussed. The synanthropic dispersal hypothesis of Henzler and Ingólfsson (2008) considers O. gammarellus as originating on the eastern shore of the Nor...