Mexorchestia carpenteri

Mexorchestia carpenteri carpenteri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Talitroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Peracarida Ordo: Amphipoda Subordo: Senticaudata Infraordo: Talitrida Superfamilia: Talitroidea

Familia: Talitridae
Subfamilia: Platorchestiinae
Genus: Mexorchestia
Species: Mexorchestia carpenteri

Subspecies: M. c. carpenteri – M. c. raduloviciae

Name

Mexorchestia carpenteri Wildish & LeCroy, 2014

• Type locality: USA, Florida: Tiger Tail Beach, Marco Island, (25°56.7' N 81°44.6' W).
• Holotype: ♂, 11.5 mm, USNM 1218141.

References

Primary references

• Wildish, D.J. & LeCroy, S.E. 2014. Mexorchestia: a new genus of talitrid amphipod (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Talitridae) from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, with the description of a new species and two new subspecies. Zootaxa 3856(4): 555–577. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3856.4.5 Reference page. 

Links

• Mexorchestia carpenteri in the World Register of Marine Species

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