Platorchestia Explained

Platorchestia is a genus of sand flea, containing the following species:^[1]

• Platorchestia ashmoleorum Stock, 1996
• Platorchestia bousfieldi Hou & Li, 2003
• Platorchestia chathamensis Bousfield, 1982
• Platorchestia crassicornis (Costa, 1867)
• Platorchestia dispar (Dana, 1852)
• Platorchestia humicola (Martens, 1868)
• Platorchestia japonica (Tattersall, 1922)
• Platorchestia joi Stock & Biernbaum, 1994
• Platorchestia kaalensis (J. L. Barnard, 1955)
• Platorchestia lanipo Richardson, 1991
• Platorchestia monodi Stock, 1996
• Platorchestia munmui Jo, 1988
• Platorchestia pachypus (Derzhavin, 1937)
• Platorchestia pacifica Miyamoto & Morino, 2004
• Platorchestia paraplatensis Serejo & Lowry, 2008
• Platorchestia pickeringi (Dana, 1853)
• Platorchestia platensis (Krøyer, 1845)
• Platorchestia zachsi (Derzhavin, 1937)

Notes and References

1. Jim Lowry, Mark Costello & Denise Bellan-Santini . 2011 . Platorchestia Bousfield, 1982 . Amphipoda . 101785 . January 12, 2012.