Parorchestia tenuis

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Parorchestia tenuis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Makawidae
Genus: Parorchestia
Species:
P. tenuis
Binomial name
Parorchestia tenuis
(Dana, 1852)
Synonyms   [1]
  • Allorchestes recensThomson, 1884
  • Orchestia tenuisDana, 1852

Parorchestia tenuis is a species of amphipod in the family Makawidae. It is "widespread and common" in New Zealand, and is only missing from Canterbury and North Otago. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Jim Lowry (2010). "Parorchestia tenuis (Dana, 1852)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  2. ↑ Kelvin W. Duncan (1994). Susceptibility of terrestrial amphipods, especially Tara taranaki, to possum control operations (PDF). Conservation Advisory Science Notes. Vol. 80. Wellington: Department of Conservation.


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