| Americorchestia | |
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Malacostraca | 
| Superorder: | Peracarida | 
| Order: | Amphipoda | 
| Family: | Talitridae | 
| Genus: | Americorchestia Bousfield, 1991  | 
Americorchestia is a genus of beach hoppers in the family Talitridae. There are about five described species in Americorchestia.[1][2][3]
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
 
References
- ↑ "Americorchestia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
 - ↑ "Americorchestia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
 - ↑ "Americorchestia genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
 
Further reading
- Bousfield, E. L. (1991). "New sandhoppers (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the gulf coast of the United States". Gulf Research Reports. 8 (3): 271–283. ISSN 0072-9027.
 - Friend, J. A. (1987). "The Terrestrial Amphipods (Amphipoda: Talitridae) of Tasmania: Systematics and Zoogeography" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum Supplement. 7: 1–85. ISBN 978-0-7305-3622-2. ISSN 0067-1975.
 
External links
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