black sea red data book - Department of Biology

Iphigenella shablensis (Carausu, 1943)
Synonyms: Gammarus shablensis Carausu, 1943; Shablogammarus shablensis
Carausu, 1943.
Common names: Bulg: Mamarets; Russ: Bokoplav.
Order AMPHIPODA
Family GAMMARIDAE
Taxonomic description. Length male 3-5 mm, female 2.5-3.5 mm. Flagellum of
antenna is 2.5 times as long asantennal base width. Gnatopods oval. Palmar edge
skewed. Third gnatopod elongated. Coxal plates high. Basal segment of fifth, sixth
and seventh pereiopods broadened.
IUCN Status
World level: VU
Black Sea Regional level: VU
Subregion level: VU
Distribution. Bulgaria-Shabla lake, Dniepr river, Caspian Sea.
Habitat type, Critical habitats, Limiting factors. In brackish and freshwater.
Threats: salinity increase, pollution.
Biology. Widely distributed in the middle and eastern part of Shabla lake, especially
in the zone with Dreissena polymorpha. Found under stones, on sandy bottoms and
among macrophytes. Sometimes reaching 15,400 specimens m" 2
. A mass
development occurs in spring.
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