Megalorchestia is a genus of sand-hoppers in the family Talitridae. The genus was erected by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich von Brandt in 1851 and the type species is Megalorchestia californiana.
Megalorchestia is a genus of sand-hoppers in the family Talitridae. The genus was erected by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich von Brandt in 1851 and the type species is Megalorchestia californiana.
==Species== The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus:- Megalorchestia benedicti (Shoemaker, 1930) Megalorchestia californiana Brandt, 1851 Megalorchestia columbiana (Bousfield, 1958) Megalorchestia corniculata (Stout, 1913) Megalorchestia dexterae Bousfield, 1982 Megalorchestia minor (Bousfield, 1957) Megalorchestia pugettensis (Dana, 1853)
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