Megalorchestia

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]

Megalorchestia
Megalorchestia californiana
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Megalorchestia

Brandt, 1851[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)
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References

  1. Lowry, Jim (2018). "Megalorchestia Brandt, 1851". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
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