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Megalorchestia Dexterae
''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''. Species The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus:- * ''Megalorchestia benedicti'' (Shoemaker, 1930) * ''Megalorchestia californiana'' Brandt, 1851 * ''Megalorchestia columbiana ''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''. Species The World Register of Mar ...'' (Bousfield, 1958) * '' Megalorchestia corniculata'' (Stout, 1913) * '' Megalorchestia dexterae'' Bousfield, 1982 * '' Megalorchestia minor'' (Bousfield, 1957) * '' Megalorchestia pugettensis'' (Dana, 1853) References {{Taxonbar, from=Q4478422 Gammaridea Amphipod genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megalorchestia Californiana
''Megalorchestia californiana'' is a species of sand-hopper in the family Talitridae. It was first described in 1851 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich von Brandt and is the type species of the genus ''Megalorchestia''. It is commonly known as the long-horned beach hopper. Distribution and habitat ''M. californiana'' is native to the west coast of North America where its range extends from Vancouver Island in British Columbia to Laguna Beach, California. It is found on slightly sloping sandy beaches and retreats far up the beach, in contrast to the short-horned beach hopper ('' Megalorchestia corniculata'') which is found on steeply sloping sandy shores and does not occur so high up the beach. Ecology ''M. californiana'' tends to hide in a shallow burrow or under heaps of dead seaweed Seaweed, or macroalgae, refers to thousands of species of macroscopic, multicellular, marine algae. The term includes some types of '' Rhodophyta'' (red), ''Phaeophyta'' (brown) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |