WoRMS name details
Orchestia constricta A. Costa, 1853
1696544 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1696544)
unaccepted > nomen oblitum
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Costa, A. (1853). Relazione sulla memoria del Dottor Achille Costa, di Ricerche su' Crostacei Amfipodi del Regno di Napoli. <em>Rendiconti della Societa Reale Borbonica, Accademia delle Scienze, new series.</em> 2, 167-178., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7473465 [details] 
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. (2026). World Amphipoda Database. Orchestia constricta A. Costa, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1696544 on 2026-07-19
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Nomenclature
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Costa, A. (1853). Relazione sulla memoria del Dottor Achille Costa, di Ricerche su' Crostacei Amfipodi del Regno di Napoli. <em>Rendiconti della Societa Reale Borbonica, Accademia delle Scienze, new series.</em> 2, 167-178., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7473465 [details]
Taxonomy
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Iaciofano, D.; Lo Brutto, S. (2016). Re-description of Orchestia stephenseni Cecchini, 1928: designation of neotype and senior synonym to Orchestia constricta A. Costa, 1853 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Talitridae) by Reversal of Precedence. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4150(1): 40-60., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/306022574_Re-description_of_Orchestia_stephenseni_Cecchini_1928_Designation_of_neotype_and_senior_synonym_to_Orchestia_constricta_A_Costa_1853_Crustacea_Amphipoda_Talitridae_by_Reversal_of_Precedence [details] Available for editors 
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