Americorchestia
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Amphipoda |
Family: | Talitridae |
Genus: | Americorchestia Bousfield, 1991 |
Americorchestia is a genus of beach hoppers in the family Talitridae. There are about five described species in Americorchestia.[1][2][3]
Species
These five species belong to the genus Americorchestia:
- Americorchestia barbarae Bousfield, 1991
- Americorchestia heardi Bousfield, 1991
- Americorchestia longicornis (Say, 1818) (common Atlantic sandhopper)
- Americorchestia megalophthalma (Bate, 1862) (northern big-eyed sandhopper)
- Americorchestia salomani Bousfield, 1991
References
- ^ "Americorchestia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Americorchestia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Americorchestia genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading
- Bousfield, E. L. (1991). "New sandhoppers (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the gulf coast of the United States". Gulf Research Reports. 8 (3): 271–283. ISSN 0072-9027.
- Friend, J. A. (1987). "The Terrestrial Amphipods (Amphipoda: Talitridae) of Tasmania: Systematics and Zoogeography" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum Supplement. 7: 1–85. ISBN 978-0-7305-3622-2. ISSN 0067-1975.
External links
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