Biology:Megalorchestia

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Short description: Genus of crustaceans

Megalorchestia
Megalorchestia californiana.jpg
Megalorchestia californiana
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Talitridae
Genus: Megalorchestia
Brandt, 1851[1]

Megalorchestia is a genus of sand-hoppers in the family Talitridae. The genus was erected by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich von Brandt in 1851 and the type species is Megalorchestia californiana.[1]

Species

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus:-[1]

  • Megalorchestia benedicti (Shoemaker, 1930)
  • Megalorchestia californiana Brandt, 1851
  • Megalorchestia columbiana (Bousfield, 1958)
  • Megalorchestia corniculata (Stout, 1913)
  • Megalorchestia dexterae Bousfield, 1982
  • Megalorchestia minor (Bousfield, 1957)
  • Megalorchestia pugettensis (Dana, 1853)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4478422 entry