WoRMS taxon details
Megalorchestia californiana Brandt, 1851
556789 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:556789)
accepted
Species
Orchestoidea californiana (Brandt, 1851) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Brandt, J. F. (1851). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Amphipoden. Dritter Artikel. Megalorchestia eine neue Gattung der Amphipoden aus der Gruppe der orchestiden. <em>Bulletin de la Class Physico-Mathematique de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg.</em> 9: 310-313., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45980423 [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. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Megalorchestia californiana Brandt, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=556789 on 2025-10-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Brandt, J. F. (1851). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Amphipoden. Dritter Artikel. Megalorchestia eine neue Gattung der Amphipoden aus der Gruppe der orchestiden. <em>Bulletin de la Class Physico-Mathematique de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg.</em> 9: 310-313., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45980423 [details]
Other
additional source
Brandt, J.F. (1851). Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Amphipoden (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Erster Artikel. Bemerkungen uber die Gattung Talitrus und ihr Verhaltniss zu Orchestia. Zweiter Artikel. Ueber die Gattung Orchestia. <em>Bulletin de la Class Physico-Mathematique de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg.</em> 9: 134-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45980337
page(s): 142 [details]
page(s): 142 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | California beach flea [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Kalifornischer Strandfloh [from synonym]Kalifornischer Sandhüpfer [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Orchestoidea californiana (Brandt, 1851))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megalorchestia californiana)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (10 records) (from synonym Orchestoidea californiana (Brandt, 1851))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Orchestoidea californiana (Brandt, 1851))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megalorchestia californiana)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (10 records) (from synonym Orchestoidea californiana (Brandt, 1851))
To ITIS
