Bellorchestia quoyana (Milne Edwards, 1884)

Hughes, Lauren E. & Lowry, James K., 2023, Review of New Zealand Coastal Talitroids with description of three new genera (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Senticaudata), Zootaxa 5268 (1), pp. 1-81 : 26-28

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5268.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7840909

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C90620-5553-5E70-90EF-FBBA3180F849

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scientific name

Bellorchestia quoyana (Milne Edwards, 1884)
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Bellorchestia quoyana (Milne Edwards, 1884) View in CoL View at ENA

( Figs. 20–28 View FIGURE 20 View FIGURE 21 View FIGURE 22 View FIGURE 23 View FIGURE 24 View FIGURE 25 View FIGURE 26 View FIGURE 27 View FIGURE 28 , 67 View FIGURE 67 )

Talitrus brevicornis Milne Edwards, 1840: 15 View in CoL , 19.

Orchestia quoyana Milne Edwards, 1840: 15 View in CoL , 19.—White, 1847: 86.— Thomson, 1899: 202.

Talorchestia quoyana View in CoL .— Thomson & Chilton, 1886: 146.— Stebbing, 1906: 547.— Chilton, 1917: 294, figs. 1–5b.— Chilton, 1927: 175.— Stephensen, 1935: 11.— Stephensen, 1948: 13.— Hurley, 1956: 361, figs. 1–25.—Lowry, 1974: 128, fig. 13.

Bellorchestia quoyana View in CoL .— Serejo & Lowry, 2008: 169.— Lowry, 2012: 2

Types. Presumed lost.

Material examined. A male, 18 mm, dissected for SEM, AM P.99366, b female, 25 mm, dissected for SEM, AM P.99367, Maketu, North Island, coll. J.C. Wiburd, 25 April 1935; 23 specimens (including 15 mm, 16.3 mm, 17.5 mm, 18 mm, 19 mm, 20 mm, 21 mm, 22.5 mm, 23 mm), AM P.10842, Maketu , North Island, coll. J.C. Wiburd, 25 April 1935; many specimens, AM P.3413, Dunedin, New Zealand (45°52'S 170°30'E) collector and date unknown GoogleMaps ; 2 specimens, male, 18.5 mm, dissected (parts in microvial) and female, 16 mm, not dissected, NIWA 104072 View Materials , Ocean Beach , east coast of North Island (35°48′56.412′′S 174°33′34.272′′E), 0 m, 4 February 1991 (station Z16050) GoogleMaps ; 2 specimens, male, 19/12 th of and inch, dry pinned, BMNH White 3 968.a–b, New Zealand ; 1 specimen, BMNH 1928.12 .1.2430, Dunedin , Donor Stebbing Collection ; 5 specimens (males 24 mm, 21 mm; females 17 mm, 14 mm; juvenile 10 mm) BMNH 1928.12.1.2431–2435, Dunedin , Donor Stebbing Collection ; 3 females (17 mm, 14mm, 13mm), BMNH 1907.12.2.86–87, sandy shores near Dunedin , Pres. University College Dundee .

Type locality. New Zealand (no further details) .

Size. Males 24 mm, females 25 mm.

Remarks. Historic Stebbing collections from the Natural History Museum, London and more recently collected material of B. quoyana from NIWA were compared, and additional illustrations of the species are provided based on the recent collections from the New Zealand, North Island.

Habitat. S upralittoral.

Distribution. New Zealand. South Island: Ross Beach; Westland; Waimakariri River, Kaiapoi Beach, Dunedin ( Chilton 1917, Hurley 1956, current study). North Island: Maketu, Ocean Beach (current study).

AM

Australian Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Amphipoda

Family

Talitridae

Genus

Bellorchestia

Loc

Bellorchestia quoyana (Milne Edwards, 1884)

Hughes, Lauren E. & Lowry, James K. 2023
2023
Loc

Bellorchestia quoyana

Lowry, J. K. 2012: 2
Serejo, C. & Lowry, J. K. 2008: 169
2008
Loc

Talorchestia quoyana

Hurley, D. E. 1956: 361
Stephensen, K. 1948: 13
Stephensen K. 1935: 11
Chilton, C. 1927: 175
Chilton, C. 1917: 294
Stebbing, T. R. R. 1906: 547
Thomson, G. M. & Chilton, C. 1886: 146
1886
Loc

Talitrus brevicornis

Milne Edwards H. 1840: 15
1840
Loc

Orchestia quoyana

Thomson, G. M. 1899: 202
Milne Edwards H. 1840: 15
1840
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