Megalorchestia

Megalorchestia
Megalorchestia corniculata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
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

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