''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''
(Hurley, 1956)
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Bellorchestia kirki''
(Hurley, 1956)
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Bellorchestia marmorata''
(Haswell, 1880)
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Bellorchestia pravidactyla''
(Haswell, 1880)
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Bellorchestia quoyana''
(Milne-Edwards, 1840)
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Bellorchestia richardsoni''
Serejo & Lowry, 2008
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Bellorchestia spadix''
(Hurley, 1956)
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Bellorchestia tumida''
(Thomson, 1885)
References
Talitrida
Amphipod genera
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