WoRMS taxon details
Floresorchestia Bousfield, 1984
555631 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:555631)
accepted
Genus
Orchestia floresiana Weber, 1892 accepted as Floresorchestia floresiana (Weber, 1892) (type by original designation)
- Species Floresorchestia andrevo Lowry & Springthorpe, 2015
- Species Floresorchestia anomala (Chevreux, 1901)
- Species Floresorchestia anoquesana (Bousfield, 1971)
- Species Floresorchestia anpingensis Miyamoto & Morino, 2008
- Species Floresorchestia boonyanusithii Wongkamhaeng, Dumrongrojwattana & Pattaratumrong, 2016
- Species Floresorchestia buraphana Wongkamhaeng, Dumrongrojwattana & Pattaratumrong, 2016
- Species Floresorchestia kalili Lowry & Springthorpe, 2015
- Species Floresorchestia laurenae Lowry & Springthorpe, 2015
- Species Floresorchestia mkomani Bichang'a & Hou in Bichang'a, Kioko, Liu, Li & Hou, 2021
- Species Floresorchestia odishi Bhoi, Patro & Myers in Bhoi, Myers, Kumar & Patro, 2024
- Species Floresorchestia oluanpi Lowry & Springthorpe, 2015
- Species Floresorchestia palau Lowry & Myers, 2013
- Species Floresorchestia poorei Lowry & Springthorpe, 2009
- Species Floresorchestia seringat Lowry & Springthorpe, 2015
- Species Floresorchestia yap Lowry & Springthorpe, 2015
- Species Floresorchestia ancheidos (K.H. Barnard, 1916) accepted as Gazia ancheidos (K.H. Barnard, 1916) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Floresorchestia australis Lowry & Springthorpe, 2009 accepted as Austropacifica australis (Lowry & Springthorpe, 2009) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Floresorchestia guadalupensis Ciavatti, 1989 accepted as Gazia guadalupensis (Ciavatti, 1989) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Floresorchestia itampolo Lowry & Springthorpe, 2015 accepted as Gazia itampolo (Lowry & Springthorpe, 2015) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Floresorchestia limicola (Haswell, 1880) accepted as Carpentaria limicola (Haswell, 1880) (superseded combination)
- Species Floresorchestia pectenispina (Bousfield, 1970) accepted as Austropacifica pectenispina (Bousfield, 1970) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Floresorchestia pickeringi (Dana, 1853) accepted as Platorchestia pickeringi (Dana, 1853) accepted as Pickorchestia pickeringi (Dana, 1853)
- Species Floresorchestia serejoae Lowry & Springthorpe, 2015 accepted as Austropacifica serejoae (Lowry & Springthorpe, 2015) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bousfield, E. L. (1984). Recent Advances in the Systematics and Biogeography of Landhoppers (Amphipoda: Talitridae) of the Indo-Pacific Region. <em>Biogeography of the Tropical Pacific. Association of Systematics Collections and the Bernice P. Bishop Museum as Bishop Museum Special Publication.</em> In: RADOVSKY F.J., P.H. RAVEN & S.H. SOHMER (Eds 72: 171-210). [details] Available for editors 
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Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2024). World Amphipoda Database. Floresorchestia Bousfield, 1984. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555631 on 2024-09-17
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original description
Bousfield, E. L. (1984). Recent Advances in the Systematics and Biogeography of Landhoppers (Amphipoda: Talitridae) of the Indo-Pacific Region. <em>Biogeography of the Tropical Pacific. Association of Systematics Collections and the Bernice P. Bishop Museum as Bishop Museum Special Publication.</em> In: RADOVSKY F.J., P.H. RAVEN & S.H. SOHMER (Eds 72: 171-210). [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Remark Bousfield (1984) considers Floresorchestia as a beach-hopper, but mentions that some species become terrestrial in coastal rain forests (species of Floresorchestia). The taxa have well developed pleopods, but F. hanoiensis Hou & Li, 2003 for instance is terrestrial [details]
