Biology:Bellorchestia marmorata

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Short description: Species of crustacean

Bellorchestia marmorata
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NMV J20374[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Talitridae
Genus: Bellorchestia
Species:
B. marmorata
Binomial name
Bellorchestia marmorata
(Haswell, 1880)
Synonyms[2]

Talorchestia marmorata Haswell, 1880
Orchestia marmorata Stebbing, 1906

Bellorchestia marmorata is a marine amphipod in the Talitridae family.[2]

It was first described in 1880 by William Aitcheson Haswell as Talorchestia marmorata,[3][4] was also described by Thomas Roscoe Rode Stebbing in 1906 as Orchestia marmorata,[3][5] and in 2008 was reassigned to the genus, Bellorchestia.[3][6]

It is found only in the supralittoral zones of Tasmania's coastlines.[3]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13437214 entry