Brandtia is a genus of amphipod in the family Acanthogammaridae.Horton, T. et al. 2025 Brandtia Spence Bate, 1863. World Register of Marine Species accessed 22 April 2025 Like other members of the family, it is endemic to Lake Baikal.Mekhanikova, I. V. (2010). Morphology of the Mandible and Lateralia in six endemic Amphipods (Amphipoda, Gammaridea) from Lake Baikal, in relation to Feeding. Crustaceana 83 (7): 865-887. DOI:10.1163/001121610X50428 This omnivore is found at depths of among stones. It is up to long.
The extent of the genus is controversial. Generally it is restricted to the single species Brandtia latissima and its several subspecies, but others still include Brandtia parasitica, an epibiont of lubomirskiid sponges,Takhteev V.V., Berezina N.A., Sidorov D.A. (2015). Checklist of the Amphipoda (Crustacea) from continental waters of Russia, with data on alien species. Arthropoda Selecta 24(3): 335–370. which has been moved to Dorogostaiskia.Horton, T. et al. 2025 Dorogostaiskia Kamaltynov, 2002. World Register of Marine Species accessed 22 April 2025 Other species formerly placed in Brandtia have been moved to Gmelinoides (G. fasciatus and G. fasciatoides).
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