Megalorchestia
Genus of crustaceans
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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]
| Megalorchestia | |
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| Megalorchestia corniculata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Talitridae |
| Genus: | Megalorchestia Brandt, 1851[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)