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Parorchestia tenuis

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Species of crustacean

Parorchestia tenuis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Makawidae
Genus: Parorchestia
Species: P. tenuis
Binomial name
Parorchestia tenuis
(Dana, 1852)
Synonyms 
  • Allorchestes recens Thomson, 1884
  • Orchestia tenuis Dana, 1852

Parorchestia tenuis is a species of amphipod in the family Makawidae. It is "widespread and common" in New Zealand, and is only missing from Canterbury and North Otago.

References

  1. Jim Lowry (2010). "Parorchestia tenuis (Dana, 1852)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  2. Kelvin W. Duncan (1994). Susceptibility of terrestrial amphipods, especially Tara taranaki, to possum control operations (PDF). Conservation Advisory Science Notes. Vol. 80. Wellington: Department of Conservation.
Taxon identifiers
Parorchestia tenuis
Orchestia tenuis


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