Parorchestia tenuis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Amphipoda
Family:
Talitridae
Genus:
Parorchestia
Species:
P. tenuis
Binomial name
Parorchestia tenuis
(Dana, 1852)
Synonyms [1]
  • Allorchestes recens Thomson, 1884
  • Orchestia tenuis Dana, 1852

Parorchestia tenuis is a species of amphipod in the family Talitridae. It is "widespread and common" in New Zealand, and is only missing from Canterbury and North Otago.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Jim Lowry (2010). "Parorchestia tenuis (Dana, 1852)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  2. ↑ Kelvin W. Duncan (1994). Susceptibility of terrestrial amphipods, especially Tara taranaki, to possum control operations (PDF). Conservation Advisory Science Notes. Vol. 80. Wellington: Department of Conservation.


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