Bellorchestia
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Bellorchestia is a genus of amphipod of the family
Talitridae
, containing the following species:
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:
- Bellorchestia chathamensis (Hurley, 1956)
- Bellorchestia kirki (Hurley, 1956)
- Bellorchestia marmorata (Haswell, 1880)
- Bellorchestia pravidactyla (Haswell, 1880)
- Bellorchestia quoyana (Milne-Edwards, 1840)
- Bellorchestia richardsoni Serejo & Lowry, 2008
- Bellorchestia spadix (Hurley, 1956)
- Bellorchestia tumida (Thomson, 1885)