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Amphipoda name details

Parorchestia gowerensis Bousfield, 1976

556903  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:556903)

 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bousfield, E. L. (1976). A new terrestrial Amphipod from Lord Howe Island.(Parorchestia gowerensis n.sp). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 30(6): 118-122. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  AM P14507  
Holotype AM P14507 [details]
Type locality contained in Lord Howe Island  
type locality contained in Lord Howe Island [details]
Altitude Altitude, up to 758 m.  
Altitude Altitude, up to 758 m. [details]
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Coleman, C.O.; 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.; Sket, B.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2021). World Amphipoda Database. Parorchestia gowerensis Bousfield, 1976. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/amphipoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=556903 on 2024-03-29
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2010-12-21 10:41:29Z
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2019-02-25 11:00:47Z
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original description Bousfield, E. L. (1976). A new terrestrial Amphipod from Lord Howe Island.(Parorchestia gowerensis n.sp). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 30(6): 118-122. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype AM P14507 [details]
Paratype AM P14506 [details]
Paratype AM P42113 [details]
From editor or global species database
Altitude Altitude, up to 758 m. [details]

Habitat Terrestrial, living in damp moss. [details]

Remark This taxon keys out to Notorchestia in the talitroid interactive key, but not so well in the key of Serejo & Lowry (2008). It differs from Notorchestia as follows: left lacinia mobilis with 5 teeth; pleopods 1-2 well developed, pleopod 3 reduced; presence of a large distolateral robust seta on peduncle of uropod 1; telson broader than long, apically cleft.  [details]
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