Platorchestia

Platorchestia
A preserved specimen of P. platensis, the first species of the genus to be described
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Talitridae
Genus: Platorchestia
Bousfield, 1982

Platorchestia is a genus of sand flea, containing the following species:

  • Platorchestia ashmoleorum Stock, 1996
  • Platorchestia bousfieldi Hou & Li, 2003
  • Platorchestia chathamensis Bousfield, 1982
  • Platorchestia crassicornis (Costa, 1867)
  • Platorchestia dispar (Dana, 1852)
  • Platorchestia humicola (Martens, 1868)
  • Platorchestia japonica (Tattersall, 1922)
  • Platorchestia joi Stock & Biernbaum, 1994
  • Platorchestia kaalensis (J. L. Barnard, 1955)
  • Platorchestia lanipo Richardson, 1991
  • Platorchestia monodi Stock, 1996
  • Platorchestia munmui Jo, 1988
  • Platorchestia pachypus (Derzhavin, 1937)
  • Platorchestia pacifica Miyamoto & Morino, 2004
  • Platorchestia paraplatensis Serejo & Lowry, 2008
  • Platorchestia pickeringi (Dana, 1853)
  • Platorchestia platensis (Krøyer, 1845)
  • Platorchestia zachsi (Derzhavin, 1937)