Bellorchestia marmorata
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| Bellorchestia marmorata | |
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| NMV J20374[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Talitridae |
| Genus: | Bellorchestia |
| Species: | B. marmorata |
| Binomial name | |
| Bellorchestia marmorata (Haswell, 1880) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Talorchestia marmorata Haswell, 1880 | |
Bellorchestia marmorata is a marine amphipod in the Talitridae family.[2]
It was first described in 1880 by William Aitcheson Haswell as Talorchestia marmorata,[3][4] was also described by Thomas Roscoe Rode Stebbing in 1906 as Orchestia marmorata,[3][5] and in 2008 was reassigned to the genus, Bellorchestia.[3][6]
It is found only in the supralittoral zones of Tasmania's coastlines.[3]
