Name - Orchestia Leach 1814

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:113582 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Orchestia

• Porrassia Marcus 1912

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Recent Publications

• Morphological differences between females of Orchestia and Platorchestia species (Amphipoda, Talitridae) from the Black Sea supralittoral (the Crimea).
• Substrate dependent talitrid amphipods from fragmented beaches on the north coast of Crete (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Talitridae), including a redefinition of the genus Orchestia and descriptions of Orchestia xylino sp nov and Cryptorchestia gen. nov.
• On the molecular and morphological evolution of continental and insular Cryptorchestia species, with an additional description of C. garbinii (Talitridae).
• Neotenorchestia Wildish, 2014 is a junior synonym of Orchestia Leach, 1814.
• A revision of the genus Orchestia Leach, 1814 with the reinstatement of O. inaequalipes (KH Barnard, 1951), the designation of a neotype for Orchestia gammarellus (Pallas, 1776) and the description of three new species (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Talitridae: Talitrinae).

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Sherborn Index Animalium

• Brewster's Edin. Ency., VII(2) 1814: 402. [Index Animalium Entry]

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