''Orchestia'' is a
genus
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of
amphipods
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 descri ...
in 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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Orchestia aestuarensis''
Wildish, 1987
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Orchestia aucklandiae''
Bate, 1862
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Orchestia bottae''
Milne-Edwards, 1840
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Orchestia canariensis''
Dahl, 1950
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Orchestia cavimana''
Heller, 1865
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Orchestia chevreuxi''
de Guerne, 1887
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Orchestia dassenensis''
(K. H. Barnard, 1916)
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Orchestia gambierensis''
Chevreux, 1908
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Orchestia gammarellus
''Orchestia gammarellus'' is a species of amphipod in the family Talitridae.
Description
This species grows to a maximum length of 1.8 cm and is brown or greenish brown in colour. It has a layer of pores that it secretes wax through to pre ...
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(Pallas, 1766)
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Orchestia ghigii''
Vecchi, 1929
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Orchestia gomeri''
Stock, 1989
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Orchestia grillus
''Orchestia grillus'' is a species of beach hopper in 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 f ...
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(Bosc, 1802)
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Orchestia guancha''
Stock & Boxshall, 1989
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Orchestia guernei''
Chevreux, 1889
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Orchestia kokuboi''
Uéno, 1929
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Orchestia kosswigi''
Ruffo, 1949
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Orchestia magnifica''
Vecchi, 1931
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Orchestia marquesana''
Stephensen, 1935
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Orchestia mateusi''
Afonso, 1977
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Orchestia mediterranea''
Costa, 1853
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Orchestia microphtalma''
Amanieu & Salvat, 1963
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Orchestia montagui''
Audouin, 1826
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Orchestia monticola''
Stock & Abreu, 1992
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Orchestia ponapensis''
J. L. Barnard, 1960
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Orchestia pyatakovi''
Derzhavin, 1937
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Orchestia scutigerula''
Dana, 1853
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Orchestia selkirki''
Stebbing, 1888
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Orchestia solifuga''
Iwasa, 1939
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Orchestia stephenseni''
Cecchini, 1928
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Orchestia stocki''
Ruffo, 1990
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Orchestia sulensoni''
Stebbing, 1899
References
Gammaridea
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