Megalorchestia pugettensis

Megalorchestia pugettensis

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Talitridae

Megalorchestia pugettensis is a species of sand-hopper in the family Talitridae. Taxonomy Megalorchestia pugettensis was initially placed under the genus Orchestoidea. The classification had four dentate species in the southern hemisphere under Orchestoidea and five dentate in the northern hemisphere under Megalorchestia.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 186Canada · 138

Sources and credits

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