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Estuarine species of Orchestia (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Talitroidea) from Britain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

D. J. Wildish
D. J. Wildish
Affiliation:
Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Fisheries Research Branch, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Biological Station, St Andrews, New Brunswick EOG 2XO, Canada
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The Talitridae are recognized as being difficult to identify (for example, Goodhart, 1941; Den Hartog, 1963) and it is thus not surprising that some species have been overlooked. Goodhart (1941) mentioned a new subspecies of Orchestia mediterranea Costa, 1853 which was not described, and the specimens are now lost (C. B. Goodhart, personal communication). During work on the biology of Orchestia in estuaries, two new taxa were discovered and tentatively given subspecific status (Wildish, 1969, 1970). Re-examination of the specimens in the British Museum (Natural History) and National Museum of Natural Sciences, Canada shows that both warrant specific status.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 67 , Issue 3 , August 1987 , pp. 571 - 583
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1987

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