''Bellorchestia'' is a genus of
amphipod
Amphipoda () is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods () range in size from and are mostly detritivores or scavengers. There are more than 10,700 amphipod species cur ...
s of the
family
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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 ...
, containing the following species:
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Bellorchestia chathamensis
''Bellorchestia'' is a genus of amphipods of the family Talitridae, containing the following species:
*'' Bellorchestia chathamensis'' (Hurley, 1956)
*'' Bellorchestia kirki'' (Hurley, 1956)
*'' Bellorchestia marmorata'' (Haswell, 1880)
*'' Bello ...
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(Hurley, 1956)
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Bellorchestia kirki
''Bellorchestia'' is a genus of amphipods of the family Talitridae, containing the following species:
*''Bellorchestia chathamensis'' (Hurley, 1956)
*'' Bellorchestia kirki'' (Hurley, 1956)
*'' Bellorchestia marmorata'' (Haswell, 1880)
*'' Bellor ...
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(Hurley, 1956)
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Bellorchestia marmorata
''Bellorchestia marmorata'' is a marine amphipod in the Talitridae family.
It was first described in 1880 by William Aitcheson Haswell as ''Talorchestia marmorata'', was also described by Thomas Roscoe Rode Stebbing in 1906 as ''Orchestia marm ...
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(Haswell, 1880)
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Bellorchestia pravidactyla
''Bellorchestia'' is a genus of amphipods of the family Talitridae, containing the following species:
*''Bellorchestia chathamensis'' (Hurley, 1956)
*''Bellorchestia kirki'' (Hurley, 1956)
*''Bellorchestia marmorata'' (Haswell, 1880)
*'' Bellorch ...
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(Haswell, 1880)
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Bellorchestia quoyana
''Bellorchestia quoyana'' (formerly ''Talorchestia quoyana'') is the largest and most common species of Talitridae, sandhopper endemism, endemic to New Zealand. It was originally described as ''Orchestia quoyana'' in 1840 by French zoologist Henr ...
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(Milne-Edwards, 1840)
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Bellorchestia richardsoni
''Bellorchestia'' is a genus of amphipods of 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 m ...
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Serejo & Lowry, 2008
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Bellorchestia spadix
''Bellorchestia'' is a genus of amphipods of the family Talitridae, containing the following species:
*''Bellorchestia chathamensis'' (Hurley, 1956)
*''Bellorchestia kirki'' (Hurley, 1956)
*''Bellorchestia marmorata'' (Haswell, 1880)
*''Bellorche ...
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(Hurley, 1956)
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Bellorchestia tumida
''Bellorchestia'' is a genus of amphipods of the family Talitridae, containing the following species:
*''Bellorchestia chathamensis'' (Hurley, 1956)
*''Bellorchestia kirki'' (Hurley, 1956)
*''Bellorchestia marmorata'' (Haswell, 1880)
*''Bellorche ...
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(Thomson, 1885)
References
Talitrida
Amphipod genera
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