''Americorchestia'' is a genus of beach hoppers in the family

Talitridae Talitridae is a family of amphipods. Terrestrial species are often referred to as landhoppers and beach dwellers are called sandhoppers or sand fleas. The name sand flea is misleading, though, because these talitrid amphipods are not siphonapte ...

. There are about five described species in ''Americorchestia''.

Species

These five species belong to the genus ''Americorchestia'': * '' Americorchestia barbarae'' Bousfield, 1991 * '' Americorchestia heardi'' Bousfield, 1991 * '' Americorchestia longicornis'' (Say, 1818) (common Atlantic sandhopper) * '' Americorchestia megalophthalma'' (Bate, 1862) (northern big-eyed sandhopper) * '' Americorchestia salomani'' Bousfield, 1991

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* Talitrida Amphipod genera Articles created by Qbugbot {{amphipod-stub

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