WoRMS taxon details
Microrchestia watsonae Lowry & Peart, 2010
556819 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:556819)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lowry, J.K.; Peart, R. (2010). The genus Microrchestia (Amphipoda: Talitridae) in eastern Australia. Zootaxa, 2349: 21–38., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2349.1.2 [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype AM P80880
, Type locality contained in Lizard Island (Queensland)
Holotype AM P80880 [details]
type locality contained in Lizard Island (Queensland) [details]
Depth range Littoral/supralittoral.
Etymology Named for the Mrs Watson who lived beside the creek named for her son, Ferrier. Both died tragically after being marooned...
Depth range Littoral/supralittoral. [details]
Etymology Named for the Mrs Watson who lived beside the creek named for her son, Ferrier. Both died tragically after being marooned...
Etymology Named for the Mrs Watson who lived beside the creek named for her son, Ferrier. Both died tragically after being marooned on Howick No. 5 Island in 1881 [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. Microrchestia watsonae Lowry & Peart, 2010. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=556819 on 2026-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Lowry, J.K.; Peart, R. (2010). The genus Microrchestia (Amphipoda: Talitridae) in eastern Australia. Zootaxa, 2349: 21–38., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2349.1.2 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM P80880 [details]
Paratype AM P70883 [details]
Paratype AM P70924 [details]
Paratype AM P80442 [details]
Paratype AM P80881 [details]
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Depth range Littoral/supralittoral. [details]Etymology Named for the Mrs Watson who lived beside the creek named for her son, Ferrier. Both died tragically after being marooned on Howick No. 5 Island in 1881 [details]
Habitat Intertidal detritus and dead wood at outer edge of mangroves (Rhizophora stylosa),mangrove creek. [details]
