Orchestia mediterranea

Orchestia mediterranea

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
Genus: Orchestia
Species: Orchestia mediterranea

Name

Orchestia mediterranea Costa, 1853

Synonymy

• Neotenorchestia kenwildishi Wildish, 2014

ZooBank: DD3AA445-5FAB-49FF-8D3E-84442454732C

Holotype: immature male of 7.2 mm total body length (NHMUK 2014. 397) and slide preparation from this individual (NHMUK 2014. 397)

Type locality: Approximately 0.5 km west of Kingsferry Bridge, The Swale on the mainland shore in a single rotting driftwood log (~ 3 × 0.5 × 0.5 m) determined to be of Douglas fir by Dr. P. Gasson, Kew (Pavesi et al. 2014). GPS position: 51° 23.97’N, 00° 43.56’E.

Paratypes: Nine juvenile paratypes (NHMUK 2014. 398 - 406) and 2 immature females (destructively sampled for temporary slide mounts and mtDNA analysis)

Etymology: named after Kenneth J. Wildish who discovered and collected the new taxon.

References

• Costa, A. 1853. Relazione sulla memoria del Dottor Achille Costa, di Ricerche su' Crostacei Amfipodi del Regno di Napoli. Rendiconti della Societa Reale Borbonica, new series. 2, 167-178. BHL Reference page.  [see page 171, original description]

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• Wildish, D.J. 2014. New genus and two new species of driftwood hoppers (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Talitridae) from northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean coastal regions. Zoosystematics and Evolution 90(2): 133-146. DOI: 10.3897/zse.90.8410 . Reference page.  [original description of Neotenorchestia kenwildishi]

Links

• Orchestia mediterranea – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Coleman, C.O.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Sket, B.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2020). World Amphipoda Database. Orchestia mediterranea Costa, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103208 on 2020-06-21

• BHL bibliography
• Orchestia mediterranea – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Orchestia mediterranea.
• ION

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