Megalorchestia benedicti

Megalorchestia benedicti

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Talitridae

Megalorchestia is a genus of sand-hoppers in the family Talitridae. The genus was erected by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich von Brandt in 1851 and the type species is Megalorchestia californiana.

Distribution

Megalorchestia benedicti — (c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Cricket Raspet · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 61Mexico · 1

Sources and credits

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