''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 9,900 amphipod species so far descr ...
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 siphonapter ...
, containing the following species:
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Bellorchestia chathamensis
''Bellorchestia'' is a genus of amphipods of the family (biology), family Talitridae, containing the following species:
*''Bellorchestia chathamensis'' (Hurley, 1956)
*''Bellorchestia kirki'' (Hurley, 1956)
*''Bellorchestia marmorata'' (Haswell, ...
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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
''Bellorchestia'' is a genus of amphipods of the family (biology), family Talitridae, containing the following ...
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(Hurley, 1956)
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Bellorchestia marmorata''
(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
''Bellorchestia'' is a genus of amphipods of the family Talitridae, con ...
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(Haswell, 1880)
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Bellorchestia quoyana''
(Milne-Edwards, 1840)
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Bellorchestia richardsoni
''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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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)
*''Bellorch ...
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(Hurley, 1956)
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Bellorchestia tumida''
(Thomson, 1885)
References
Gammaridea
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