Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Senticaudata > Infraorder Talitrida > Subsection Talitridira > Superfamily Talitroidea > Family Talitridae > Genus Africorchestia

Africorchestia spinifera (Mateus, 1962)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AfricorchestiaLowry & Coleman, 2011accepted genus name

Species group names

Orchestia spinifera Mateus, 1962 basionym
Orchestia spinifera Mateus, 1962 synonym
Talorchestia spinifera (Mateus, 1962) synonym

Literature

source of synonymy

Lowry, J.K.; Coleman, C.O. (2011). Africorchestia a new genus of sand-hoppers (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Talitridae) from western Africa and south-western Europe. Zootaxa 2825: 55–68.

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

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Citation

Horton, T. (2014). Africorchestia spinifera (Mateus, 1962). In: Horton, T.; Lowry, J. & De Broyer, C. (2013 onwards) World Amphipoda Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:744642

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2013-11-25 by Tammy Horton

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