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 oluanpi Lowry & Springthorpe, 2015
- Species Floresorchestia palau Lowry & Myers, 2013
- Species Floresorchestia pectenispina (Bousfield, 1970)
- Species Floresorchestia poorei Lowry & Springthorpe, 2009
- Species Floresorchestia serejoae Lowry & Springthorpe, 2015
- 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 superseded combination)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 superseded combination)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 superseded combination)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 superseded combination)
- Species Floresorchestia limicola (Haswell, 1880) accepted as Carpentaria limicola (Haswell, 1880) (superseded combination)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 pickeringi (Dana, 1853) accepted as Platorchestia pickeringi (Dana, 1853) accepted as Pickorchestia pickeringi (Dana, 1853)
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 [request]
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copila?-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 2024-03-28
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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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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]