Americorchestia Explained

Americorchestia is a genus of beach hoppers in the family Talitridae. There are about five described species in Americorchestia.

Species

These five species belong to the genus Americorchestia:

• Americorchestia barbarae Bousfield, 1991
• Americorchestia heardi Bousfield, 1991
• Americorchestia longicornis (Say, 1818) (common Atlantic sandhopper)
• Americorchestia megalophthalma (Bate, 1862) (northern big-eyed sandhopper)
• Americorchestia salomani Bousfield, 1991

Further reading

• New sandhoppers (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the gulf coast of the United States. 1991. Bousfield . E. L.. Gulf Research Reports. 8. 3. 271–283. 0072-9027.
• The Terrestrial Amphipods (Amphipoda: Talitridae) of Tasmania: Systematics and Zoogeography. 1987. Friend . J. A.. Records of the Australian Museum Supplement. 7. 1–85. 978-0-7305-3622-2. 0067-1975.