Orchestia
Encyclopedia
Orchestia is a genus
of amphipods
in the family
Talitridae
, containing the following species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of amphipods
Amphipoda
Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. The name amphipoda means "different-footed", and refers to the different forms of appendages, unlike isopods, where all the legs are alike. Of the 7,000 species, 5,500 are classified...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Talitridae
Talitridae
Talitridae is a family of amphipods. Commonly, many of the North American fresh water species of this family are called scuds. Terrestrial species are often referred to as landhoppers and beach dwellers are called sandhoppers or sand fleas.It contains the following genera:*Africorchestia Lowry &...
, containing the following species:
- Orchestia aestuarensis Wildish, 1987
- Orchestia agilis S. I. Smith, 1874
- Orchestia ancheidos (K. H. Barnard, 1916)
- Orchestia anomala Chevreux, 1901
- Orchestia aucklandiae Bate, 1862
- Orchestia cavimana Heller, 1865
- Orchestia gammarellus (Pallas, 1766)
- Orchestia grillus Latrielle in Bose, 1802
- Orchestia guernei Chevreux, 1889
- Orchestia kosswigi Ruffo, 1949
- Orchestia mateusi Afonso, 1977
- Orchestia mediterranea Costa, 1853
- Orchestia microphtalma Amanieu & Salvat, 1963
- Orchestia montagui Audouin, 1826
- Orchestia notabilis (Barnard, 1935)
- Orchestia recensOrchestia recensOrchestia recens is a species of amphipod in the family Talitridae, found only in Wellington Region, New Zealand. It is epigean, found in freshwater. Its taxonomic affinities are unclear, and it may be best placed in a genus other than Orchestia....
(Thomson, 1884) - Orchestia rectipalma K. H. Barnard, 1940
- Orchestia roffoensis Wildish, 1969
- Orchestia scutigerula Dana, 1853
- Orchestia spinifera Mateus, 1962
- Orchestia stephenseni Cecchini, 1928
- Orchestia uhleri